# DI-DI-KA-SE (Djed-ka(.s))

> personal name, 'Her Ka endures' (Egyptian)

A Linear A word in the Linear A Lexicon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: Djed-ka(.s)
- Confidence: Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Root: ḏd-kꜣ
- Kind: Personal name
- Language: Middle Egyptian
- Signs: DI (di) · DI (di) · KA (ka) · SE (se)

## Compared forms

- Egyptian: *ḏd* — ḏd 'enduring' + kꜣ⸗s 'her ka', the type of ꜥꜣ-kꜣ⸗s 'her ka is great' (Ranke I, 58.14) and wꜣḏ-kꜣ.w⸗s (PNM v6)

## Attestations

- [ZA Zb 3](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/ZAZb3/index.md>): DI-DI-KA-SE A-SA-MU-NE A-SE — personal name, 'Her Ka endures' (Egyptian)

## Commentary

ZA Zb 3 VIN 32 / DI-DI-KA-SE A-SA-MU-NE A-SE, the dedicator of wine to Eshmun. Egyptian ḏd-kꜣ⸗s 'her ka endures', the name type of ꜥꜣ-kꜣ⸗s 'her ka is great' (Ranke I, 58.14) and wꜣḏ-kꜣ.w⸗s 'her ka is flourishing' (PNM v6, personal_names_id 142608414); DI-DI writes ḏd, SE ⸗s. Rival: Semitic DI-DI + KA-SE kissē 'throne', KA-SE as in PI-TA-KA-SE bīt-kissē (HT 21), DI-DI as in DI-DI-ZA-KE (HT 1) and DI-DI-KO-RA-ME-TA₂ (ZA 11a). One attestation.

## In the onomasticon

- [DI-DI-KA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/names/DI-DI-KA-SE/index.md>): Personal name, Egyptian

## References

- Reading: di Mino; Ranke; Ilin-Tomich 2025
- PNM: Ilin-Tomich, Alexander (2025), Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom (PNM), version 6. Zenodo (Freie Universität Berlin); CC BY 4.0

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