KI-TA-NI-TE
linen robe, linen cloth
Compared forms
- Akkadiankitītu, var. kitintu "linen robe" (eBL kitītu I); kitû "flax, linen"
- Hebrewkətōnet / kuttōnet "tunic" (Gen 37:3; Exod 28:39) < *kutān-t
- Ugaritic𐎋𐎚𐎐ktnktn "tunic"
- PhoenicianKTNKTN "tunic" (Krahmalkov 2000)
- Aramaickittānākittānā "flax" (Tg. Onq. Exod 9:31 for pištāh)
Attestations1 cited
- PK Zb 21KI-TA-NI-TE
Commentary
PK Zb 21, a pithos incised before firing (Building 7, MM IIIB–LM IA). A -t derivative of KI-TA-NA (PE Zb 3 KI-TA-NA-SI-JA-SE; KH 60 RA-KI-TA-NA-SI); the reading, and the recurrence of KI-TA-N-, follow Davis (Kadmos 47, 2008, 1–2, apud Younger, Linear A Texts, Other Texts: Palaikastro). Unshifted ā: the pre-Canaanite form of Heb. kuttōnet, kətōnet ‘tunic’ (HALOT 505). As a jar label, the stored linen goods. Rival: ME-WI-TA-NI-TE, cf. HT Wc 3004a–3005a (Driessen 1991, apud Younger).
On the 3D inscriptions
Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far.