KU-ZU-NI

personal name, as Ugaritic Kušinu (kṯn)

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Reading
Kuṯinu
Confidence
Candidate
Root
Kuṯinu (Pre-Greek)
Kind
Personal name
Language
Semitic
Rank
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Compared forms

  • Ugaritickṯn (I) PN, syllabic ku-ši-nu (RS 15.09 B I 7; Kinlaw 1967, 76), ki-še-na (RS 16.131; Kinlaw 1967, 73), ki-ši-na (DULAT s.v. kṯn (I))
  • HebrewKûšān (כּוּשָׁן) (Hab 3:7), Kûšan Rišʿātayim (Judg 3:8), compared with Ugaritic kṯn (II) (Dijkstra, apud DULAT)

Attestations2 cited

  1. HT 13KU-ZU-NI 18personal name, 18; Ugaritic Kušinu (kṯn)
  2. HT 85a3DKU-ZU-NI 5personal name, 5 personnel; Ugaritic Kušinu (kṯn)

Commentary

HT 13 KU-ZU-NI 18, in the KA-U-DE-TA wine list beside TE-TU (Ugaritic tt); HT 85a KU-ZU-NI 5, in a roster counted in men; both tablets also list DA-SI-*118 and TE-KE/TE-KI. ZU writes ṯ as in ZU-DI ṯudī and A-ZU-RA ʾAṯirat: KU-ZU-NI spells Ugaritic kṯn, syllabic ku-ši-nu (RS 15.09 B I 7; Kinlaw 1967, 76), ki-še-na, ki-ši-na, etym. unc. (DULAT s.v. kṯn (I)). Cf. kṯn (II), compared with Hebrew Kûšān (Hab 3:7; Judg 3:8; Dijkstra, apud DULAT s.v. kṯn (II)). Rival: Ug. ktn ‘tunic’ (DULAT 464), which has t, not ṯ.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

HT 85aHaghia Triada…ku-zu-ni
Linear A Lexicon