DI-NA-RO

personal name ("El judges"—Ugaritic hero-king Dāniʾēlu)

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Reading: Dānīlo / Dānīlu
Confidence: Candidate
Root: *dyn- ‘to judge, govern’ 1, ‘judgment, legal case’… + *ʾil- ‘god, deity’
Kind: Personal name
Language: Semitic
Rank: —

Compared forms

UgariticDāniʾēlu—hero-king of KTU 1.17-19 (Tale of Aqhat). √d-y-n "to judge" + ʾēl "God."
HebrewDāniyyēʾl (דָּנִיֵּאל)—Ezekiel 14:14, 14:20, 28:3; likely same figure as Ugaritic Danel
AkkadianDa-ni-ilu—PN attested in Amarna letters (EA 256)

Attestations1 cited

HT 108DI-NA-RO 2personal name ("El judges")

Commentary

HT 108 (Scribe HT 2, LM IB), a grain ration list headed by KI-RE-TA-NA ‘Cretan’: DI-NA-RO 2, DU-SU-NI 5, RA₂-TI 10. Dānīlu ‘El judges’, the Ugaritic hero-king Dāniʾēlu: √d-y-n with theophoric ʾēl contracted to -lo, RO writing lo. DI for the a of Dāniʾēlu writes the i of the root’s noun dīnu ‘judgment’ (CAD D 150). DI-NA-U Dīnāyu shares the base. HT 108 thus holds the roots of both Ugaritic epic heroes' names, Keret and Danel. One attestation.

On the 3D inscriptions

Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far.