KI-DI-NI

personal name, 'protection (of the god)' (Akk. kidinnu)

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Reading
Kidinni
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*kdn ‘to cover, protect’ 1, ‘protection’ 2
Kind
Personal name
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Akkadiankidinnukidinnu "divine protection"; OB personal names Ki-din-Amurrum, Ki-di-nu-um (CAD K 342–343)

Attestations1 cited

  1. HT 93aKI-DI-NI 5 𐝆𐝅personal name, 'protection' (Akk. kidinnu)

Commentary

HT93a .3 KI-DI-NI 5 J H, in a grain list of recipients with DI-RI-NA, A-SE, SA-RA₂ and QA-QA-RU. Akkadian kidinnu ‘divine protection’, in Old Babylonian personal names Ki-din-Amurrum and Ki-di-nu-um (CAD K 342–343); the bare name is Middle Assyrian ki-di-ni Kidinni (ORACC tcma/assur, Assur 3/1 no. 2, r. 27). Rival: kittini ‘linen’ (Akk. kitû, Ug. ktn), which needs DI for ti and a textile in a grain list. One attestation.

Rival readings

  • kittinilinen: Akk. kitû "flax, linen" (CAD K 473); Ug. ktn "a type of tunic" (DULAT 464); Heb. kuttōnet (Gen 3:21; 37:3). Needs DI for ti and a textile entry in a grain list.

On the 3D inscriptions

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

Linear A Lexicon