PA-TA-NE

personal name, 'Viper'; rival Ptah-theophoric

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Reading
Patne
Confidence
Candidate
Root
*pa/itn- ‘asp, adder’
Kind
Personal name
Language
Semitic
Rank
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Compared forms

  • Hebrewפֶּתֶןpetenpeten (פֶּתֶן) ‘horned viper’
  • Syriacpatnāpatnā ‘viper, asp’
  • Ugaritic𐎁𐎘𐎐bṯnbṯn ‘serpent’ (KTU 1.5 I 1–2)
  • Aramaicptnptn ‘snake’, source of Heb. peten (Rendsburg 2026, 207–208)
  • GreekΠύθωνΠύθων ‘Python’, from a Semitic form akin to Heb.-Aram. ptn (Rendsburg 2026, 208)

Attestations3 cited

  1. HT 122a3DPA-TA-NE 1personal name, 'Viper' (rival Ptah-theophoric)
  2. HT 94b3DPA-TA-NE 1PN, 'Viper' (rival Ptah-theophoric)
  3. HT Wa 1019PA-TA-NEpersonal name, 'Viper' (rival Ptah-theophoric)

Commentary

HT 94b (KI-RO · TU-MA 1, PA-TA-NE 1, DE-DI 1 …), HT 122a (PA-TA-NE 1 after KU-PA₃-NU 1, in a roster with JA-MI-DA-RE) and the nodule HT Wa 1019 (PA at the edge). On HT 122a SigLA labels the second sign ri, and its own tracing, GORILA’s facsimile and the photo show TA. *patn- ‘viper’ as a name: Heb. peten (HALOT 990), Ug. bṯn, Akk. bašmu. Rivals: Ptah with ḥ unwritten and -ānu, ‘devotee of Ptah’, and √p-t-ḥ ‘open’ with -ānu. Three attestations.

On the 3D inscriptions2 inscriptions

HT 122a–bHaghia Triada…pa-ta-ne…HT 94bHaghia Triada…pa-ta-ne
Linear A Lexicon