# SI-DU-QI-KU-MI (Ṣiduqi-kummi)

> the cella of Ṣiduq, the Just One (heading an aromatic list)

A Linear A word in the Linear A Lexicon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: Ṣiduqi-kummi
- Confidence: Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Root: [\*ṣdḳ](<https://linear-a.ai/roots/2614/index.md>) 'to be just, true'
- Kind: Toponym
- Language: Semitic
- Signs: SI (si) · DU (du) · QI (qi) · KU (ku) · MI (mi)

## Compared forms

- Amorite: *ṣaduq* — ṣaduq 'just, right, just case; DN': za-du-kum, a-bi-ṣa-du-uq (GlOS 2, 215); ṣidq 'justice, legitimacy; DN' (GlOS 2, 214); zi-id-ki-e-pa Ṣidqī-yapaʿ, Qaṭna (Buck 2018, 352)
- Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎄𐎖 *ṣdq* — ṣdq (B) 'lawful, righteous; DN' (GlOS 2, 215); Ṣidqanu (Kinlaw 1967, 103)
- Phoenician: Sadykos, father of the eight Kabeiroi (Damascius, in Brown 1995, 36)
- Hebrew: *ṣaddîq* — ṣaddîq 'righteous' (HALOT 1003); צִדְקִיָּהוּ Ṣidqiyyāhû (2 Kgs 24:17)
- Arabic: *ṣiddīq* — ṣiddīq 'truthful' (Q 12:46, 19:41)
- Akkadian: *kummu* — kummu A 'cella, private room (of a temple or palace)', É.NUN agrun = kummu (CAD K 533)

## Attestations

- [HT 110a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT110a/index.md>): SI-DU-\*34-KU-MI CYP+E 20

## Commentary

HT 110a .1 SI-DU-*34-KU-MI, all five signs whole and undotted, heading the tablet before CYP+E 20, then KU-PA 1, KU-RO 100[, NI 15[ (GORILA I 178–179). Ṣiduqi-kummi 'the cella of Ṣiduq': DU writes the u of Amorite ṣaduq and Damascius' Sadykos, SI the i of Ṣidqiyyāhû and Arabic ṣiddīq; kummu 'cella' (CAD K 533). Weak point: *34 = qi is a proposed value. Rival: a sentence name on ṣaduq. One attestation.

## In the onomasticon

- [SI-DU-\*34-KU-MI](<https://linear-a.ai/names/SI-DU-*34-KU-MI/index.md>): Place, Semitic

## References

- Reading: di Mino; GlOS 2; CAD K; Buck 2018; Kinlaw 1967; Brown 1995
- HALOT: Koehler, Ludwig; Baumgartner, Walter; Stamm, Johann Jakob; Richardson, M. E. J. (trans. and ed.) (1994), The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, vols. I–IV. E. J. Brill, Leiden · New York · Köln
- CAD K: Oriental Institute (A. Leo Oppenheim and Erica Reiner, eds.) (1971), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. 8, K. The Oriental Institute, Chicago; J. J. Augustin, Glückstadt
- Brown, John Pairman (1995), Israel and Hellas. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 231,Walter de Gruyter
- Kinlaw, Dennis F. (1967), A Study of the Personal Names in the Akkadian Texts from Ugarit. Brandeis University, Department of Mediterranean Studies (Ph.D. dissertation)
- GORILA I: Godart, Louis; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (1976), Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A, volume 1: Tablettes éditées avant 1970 (GORILA I). École française d'Athènes (Études crétoises XXI, 1); Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris
- Buck, Mary Ellen (2018), The Amorite Dynasty of Ugarit: The Historical Origins of the Bronze Age Polity of Ugarit Based upon Linguistic, Literary, and Archaeological Evidence. 
- GlOS 2: Sanmartín, Joaquín (2024), A Glossary of Old Syrian, Volume 2: l – z. Languages of the Ancient Near East 8/2,Eisenbrauns (Pennsylvania State University Press), University Park

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