MA-DI

place name: a unit of men and livestock in the HT rosters; rival the Hurrian personal name Madi 'wisdom'

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Reading
Maʾdi
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*mVʾad- ‘many, much’ 1, ‘very’ 2
Kind
Toponym
Language
Semitic
Rank
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Compared forms

  • AmoriteMAʾD-IJA, MA-DI-IA, PN (Gelb 1980, no. 4453; cf. nos. 4454–55)
  • Linear Bma-di (KN As 603.2, Db 1168); ma-di-qo (KN Bk 806, Db 1460, Dl 930); ]ma-di-jo[ (KH Z 3); ma-di-je (TH Av 101, Fq 214, 254, 258, 263)
  • HurrianMadi PN, madi ‘wisdom’ (de Martino 2011, 68), rival

Attestations6 cited

  1. HT 1183DMA-DI 15place name, 15; rival the Hurrian personal name Madi
  2. HT 3MA-DI 2place name, 2
  3. HT 69MA-DI 4
  4. HT 85bMA-DI 1place name: the man of Maʾdi, 1
  5. HT 97aMA-DI 5
  6. PH(?) 31aMA-DI *21M 1

Commentary

HT 97a .4 MA-DI 5 in the KA-RU list of men by place, after PA-I-TO 6 and NA-TI 4 (GORILA I 159); HT 118 MA-DI 15 at the head of the pig list; HT 85b MA-DI 1 in the KI-KI-RA-JA roster, after WA-DU-NI-MI 1; HT 3 MA-DI 2, HT 69 MA-DI 4, PH(?) 31a MA-DI *21M 1. Maʾdi, √m-ʾ-d ‘to be plentiful’, the Amorite name MAʾD-IJA, MA-DI-IA (Gelb 1980, no. 4453). Linear B has ma-di (KN As 603.2, Db 1168) beside the derived ma-di-qo, ]ma-di-jo[ (KH Z 3) and ma-di-je (TH Av 101, Fq 214, 254, 258, 263). Rival: the Hurrian personal name Madi ‘wisdom’, at Hattusa, Alalakh and Emar (de Martino 2011, 68).

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

HT 118Haghia Triada…ma-di
Linear A Lexicon