QE-SI-TE

bow, incised on the Malia palace wall; rival 'throne, seat' (PS *kussīʾ-)

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Reading
qešet
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*ḳa(w)š- ‘bow’
Kind
Administrative
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Ugaritic𐎖𐎌𐎚qštqšt ‘bow; archer’ (DULAT 707); rival ks/śu ‘seat, throne’ (DULAT 456)
  • Akkadianqaštuqaštu ‘bow’ (CAD Q 148); rival kussû ‘chair, throne’ (CAD K 587)
  • Hebrewqešetqešet ‘bow’ (קֶשֶׁת, HALOT 1155); rival kissēʾ ‘throne, seat’ (כִּסֵּא, HALOT 487)
  • Geʿezqastqast ‘bow’ (Dillmann)
  • Arabicalternative kursiyyalternative kursiyy ‘chair, throne’ (cf. Qurʾān 2:255 kursiyyuhu)

Attestations1 cited

  1. MA Ze 11QE-SI-TE

Commentary

MA Ze 11, incised in the Malia palace south of the north-west court (GORILA IV 140), complete. qešet ‘bow’: QE writes qe, SI še, a vowel mismatch only, and TE the feminine -t, as Heb. qešet (HALOT 1155); Akk. qaštu (CAD Q 148), Ug. qšt (DULAT 707), Geʿez qast. Rival: kussīʾ ‘throne, seat’ (Akk. kussû, Ug. ksu, Heb. kissēʾ), which suits a palace but has no -t for TE. One attestation. Cf. QE-SI-ZU-E.

Rival readings

  • kussīʾthrone, seat (root k-s-ʾ); Akk. kussû, Ug. ksu, Heb. kissēʾ. Fits a palace label, but the word has no -t for TE and QE must stand for k.

On the 3D inscriptions

Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far.

Linear A Lexicon