KA-U-ZU-NI

Kawṯuni (Hurrian personal name Kaw-šuni); rival Kawṯān, Heb. Kûšān

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Reading
Kawṯuni
Confidence
Speculative
Root
—
Kind
Personal name
Language
Hurrian
Rank
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Compared forms

  • Hurriankaw (NPN 224); Kawiya, kav=i=ya (Monti 2017, 346); -šuni in Awa-šuni, A-wa-šu-ni (NPN 208)
  • UgariticHurrian ảủpš, var. ảủpṯ, ảủpṯn, syll. a-up-šu (DULAT 4); kṯn PN, ku-ši-nu; kṯn TN, cf. Heb. kwšn (DULAT 467)

Attestations1 cited

  1. HT 26bKA-U-ZU-NI 4

Commentary

HT 26b .2–3 KA-U-ZU-NI 4, a count of men under VIR+[?] 9, between ]-RO-NI 3 and KI+MU 12 (GORILA I 47). ka-u-ṯu-ni: Hurrian kaw (NPN 224) + -šuni (Awa-šuni, NPN 208), the Hurrian š in ZU = ṯu as Ugarit writes ảủpš also ảủpṯ (DULAT 4). Same base as KA-U-DE-TA Kaw-tatta. Rival: Kawṯān, the place name kṯn, Heb. Kûšān (DULAT 467; Hab 3:7). One witness.

On the 3D inscriptions

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

Linear A Lexicon