A-JA-KU

personal name ('Where are you?')

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Reading: ʾAyaku
Confidence: Speculative
Root: *ʾayy- ‘which?’ 1, ‘where?’ 2, ‘how?’ 3
Kind: Personal name
Language: Semitic
Rank: Amorite-linked appendix

Compared forms

AmoriteʾAjak-u, written A-JA-KU (Gelb 1980, no. 320); ʾAjak-um, A-IA-KU-UM (no. 300); the ʾAja- ‘where?’ names, nos. 285–319
Hebrewאַיֶּכָּהʾayyekkâʾayyekkâ (אַיֶּכָּה) ‘where are you?’ (Gen 3:9; HALOT 39)

Attestations1 cited

KN Zf 13 3DA-RE-NE-SI-DI-*301-PI-KE-PA-JA-TA-RI-SE-TE-RI-MU-A-JA-KU

Commentary

KN Zf 13, the last four signs of an undivided 19-sign spiral, ending at the centre of the bezel; the start of the word is not marked and KU is underdotted (GORILA IV 152–153). Amorite ʾAjak-u (Gelb 1980, no. 320). Rival: Akk. ajakku, a temple structure (CAD A/1 224–225). See A-RE-NE-SI-DI-*301-PI-KE-PA-JA-TA-RI-SE-TE-RI-MU-A-JA-KU.

On the 3D inscriptions

Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far (a cited inscription is modelled, but its transcription has the word broken or spelled differently).