TA-NA-TI

the goddess TNT (Tinnit), feminine of √t-n-n 'sea-dragon'

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Reading
Tanāti
Confidence
Candidate
Root
*tinnīt- ‘Tanit/Tinit (Punic goddess, face of Baal)’ + *tVnnVn- ‘(mythical) snake, dragon’
Kind
Divine
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • PunicTNT (Tanit/Tinnit)
  • Hebrewtannîntannîn "sea-dragon" (HALOT 1764)
  • Ugaritic𐎚𐎐𐎐tnntnn "sea-dragon" (HALOT 1764)

Attestations4 cited

  1. HT 10bTA-NA-TI 9 ¹⁄₄Tanit variant (theonym or personal name), 9¼
  2. HT 49a]TA-NA-TI 1Tanit variant (theonym or personal name), 1
  3. HT 7aTA-NA-TI 1Tanit variant (theonym or personal name), 1
  4. HT 98aTA-NA-TI ³⁄₄recipient of ¾; Tanit variant (theonym or personal name)

Commentary

Four Haghia Triada lists: HT 7a TA-NA-TI 1, among the men under QE-TI · VIR+[?]; HT 10b TA-NA-TI 9¼, the last entry; HT 49a ]TA-NA-TI 1, in a list with KU-PA₃-NU and TU-SU-PU₂; HT 98a TA-NA-TI ¾, among fractional issues with RO-KE and KA-RI-*310-I. Tanāti, the goddess TNT with the a-vowels against Punic Tinnit: the feminine of √t-n-n, Heb. tannîn, Tannin ‘sea-monster, sea-dragon’, Ug. tnn (HALOT 1764). Rival: ʿAnat with the feminine prefix t-, *t(a)-ʿanât > *teʿnât > *tennât (Hvidberg-Hansen 1979, 140, who takes the prefix as Libyco-Berber). TA-NA-TE is the Zakros form. See TA-NA-TE.

On the 3D inscriptions

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

Linear A Lexicon