DA-RE

estate, household (a unit receiving men and grain); rival 'kin group, clan'

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Reading
dār
Confidence
Candidate
Root
*dār- ‘dwelling’ 1, ‘house’ 2, ‘granary’ 3
Kind
Administrative
Language
Semitic
Rank
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Compared forms

  • Hebrewdôrdôr ‘dwelling’ (Isa 38:12)
  • Arabicdārdār ‘house’
  • Ugaritic𐎄𐎗drdr ‘circle, group, assembly’ (DULAT 277), the rival sense

Attestations7 cited

  1. HT 10aDA-RE 16 ¹⁄₂estate, household,16½
  2. HT 10bDA-RE 2estate, household,2
  3. HT 122b3DDA-RE 2estate, household
  4. HT 7aDA-RE 1estate, household,1
  5. HT 85a3DDA-RE 4estate, household
  6. PK 3DA-RE 72
  7. KH 104DA-RE GRAestate, household

Commentary

Seven documents at Haghia Triada, Khania and Palaikastro: a head count on three rosters of men (HT 7a, 85a, 122b), beside named men and work groups, and a grain or goods share on four lists (HT 10a, 10b, KH 104, PK 3), the largest on HT 10a (16½) and PK 3 (72). dār ‘dwelling, house’: Heb. dôr ‘dwelling’ (Isa 38:12), Arab. dār ‘house’. Rival: *dawr- ‘clan, group of relatives’, Ug. dr ‘circle, group, assembly’ (DULAT 277). See DI-RI-NA.

On the 3D inscriptions2 inscriptions

HT 85aHaghia Triada…da-reHT 122a–bHaghia Triada…da-re
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