DI-RI-NA

households, granaries (grain recipient); rivals the Amorite place name Dīr, a personal name

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Reading
dīr-īna
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*dār- ‘dwelling’ 1, ‘house’ 2, ‘granary’ 3
Kind
Administrative
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Amoritedīrum (noun), Dīr, Dīrum (GN), Dīrītum (DN), under DWR ‘to turn around’ (Gelb 1980, AS 21, pp. 17–18)

Attestations2 cited

  1. HT 93aDI-RI-NA DA+RE+SE 43 ¹⁄₂households/granaries (SPECULATIVE); rivals the Amorite place name Dīr, a personal name
  2. HT 1023DDI-RI-NA 10households/granaries: 10

Commentary

A grain recipient in two Scribe 5 lists: HT 93a DI-RI-NA · DA+RE+SE 43½; HT 102 DI-RI-NA 10, beside SA-RA₂ GRA 976, PA₃-NI, VIR, MA-ZU and I-KA. DI-RI = dīr-, the base of Amorite dīrum and Dīr under √d-w-r (Gelb AS 21, 17–18); -NA = masculine plural -īna: households. Rivals: the place name Dīr (‘the people of Dīr’), a personal name. Two attestations. See DA-RE.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

HT 102Haghia Triada…di-ri-na…
Linear A Lexicon