QA-*310-I

smith or cultic administrator; occupational title

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Reading
qaynī
Confidence
Probable
Root
*ḳVyVn- ‘forge’
Kind
Occupation
Language
Semitic
Rank
#59 of the top 100

Compared forms

  • Sabaicqynqyn ‘administrator, governor,’ including an administrator of a god or king (Biella 1982, 454)
  • Arabicqaynqayn ‘smith, artisan’
  • Hebrewqēnîqēnî ‘Kenite’ (formal comparison; semantic relationship uncertain)

Attestations4 cited

  1. HT 8aQA-*310-I ³⁄₄the smith or administrator
  2. HT 8bQA-*310-I 1 ³⁄₈smith or administrator (occupational title)
  3. HT 85bQA-*310-I 1smith or cultic administrator; occupational title
  4. HT 122a3DQA-*310-I 3smith or cultic administrator; occupational title

Commentary

Four Haghia Triada lists: HT 8a, HT 8b, HT 85b, the last of its roster of single units, and HT 122a, QA-*310-I 3 after TE-KI 2. QA-IN-I qaynī, with *310 in its proposed value in. Arb. qayn ‘smith’ (HALOT 1097), Sabaic qyn ‘administrator, governor’, of a god or a king as well (Biella 1982, 454): a recurring occupational or administrative title. Cf. Heb. qênî ‘Kenite’ (HALOT 1097). Four attestations.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

HT 122a–bHaghia Triadaqa-*310-i…
Linear A Lexicon