Compared forms
- Ugaritic𐎋𐎄kdkd "jar; measure of capacity for liquids" (DULAT 424); syll. DUG ka-du-ma ‘jars’ (GlOS 1, 301)
- Hebrewכַּדkadkad כַּד "jar, pitcher" (Gen 24:14)
- Akkadiankandukandu "a container of earthenware or silver, mainly for wine", NB, West Semitic word (CAD K 148)
- Greekκάδοςκάδος ‘jug, pitcher’, Lat. cadus, borrowed from Semitic kd, chiefly for wine (Rendsburg 2026, 213)
Attestations2 cited
Commentary
ZA 15b: KA-DI · VIN 3, then KU-RO VIN 78. ZA 4a: KA-DI 3, the last entry of the list, after E-*82 50. Ug. kd ‘jar; liquid measure’ (DULAT 424), Heb. kad (Gen 24:14), Akk. kandu, a wine container, a West Semitic word (CAD K 148). KA-DI writes kadd-, the geminate unmarked. Rival on ZA 4a: a personal name among the list’s entries. Two attestations, both Zakros.
On the 3D inscriptions
Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far.