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Reading
[…] ʾAyaku
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*ʾayy- ‘which?’ 1, ‘where?’ 2, ‘how?’ 3
Kind
Personal name
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • AmoriteʾAjak-u, written A-JA-KU (Gelb 1980, no. 320)

Attestations1 cited

  1. KN Zf 133DA-RE-NE-SI-DI-*301-PI-KE-PA-JA-TA-RI-SE-TE-RI-MU-A-JA-KU

Commentary

KN Zf 13, gold ring HM 530: 19 signs in a spiral from the outer band inward, no dividers; RI (12, 15), MU (16) and KU (19) underdotted (GORILA IV 152–153). The last four signs are A-JA-KU, ʾAyaku (Amorite ʾAjak-u, Gelb 1980, no. 320); the first fifteen carry no reading, and the segmentation is not marked. Rival for the ending: Akkadian ajakku, a temple structure (CAD A/1 224–25). One document.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

Linear A Lexicon