TI-NI-TA *307

Tinit of the Sanctuary (Goddess + Sanctuary pattern)

𐘠TIAB3752 entries𐘝NIAB3029 entries𐘳TAAB5976 entries𐙛*307*3073 entries
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Reading
Tinitu Dubur
Confidence
Probable
Root
*tinnīt- ‘Tanit/Tinit (Punic goddess, face of Baal)’ + *dVb(V)r- ‘back, hind part’ 1, ‘descendants’ 2
Kind
Divine
Language
Semitic
Rank
#23 of the top 100

Compared forms

  • Phoenician𐤕𐤍𐤕tnttnt ‘Tanit’ (Sarepta, KAI 285)
  • Punic in Greek lettersΘινιθΘινιθ ‘Tinnit’ on the El-Hofra stele EH 1.1/5 (Krahmalkov 2000, 126, 495)
  • Hebrewדְּבִירdəvîrdəvîr (דְּבִיר) ‘inner sanctuary’ (1 Kgs 6:5)

Attestations1 cited

  1. HT 27a3DTI-NI-TA *307Tinit (goddess), heading

Commentary

HT 27a: TI-NI-TA *307 ‘Tinit of the Sanctuary’, the goddess’s name with the sanctuary logogram, kept whole as the attested epithet. Linear B Potnia da-pu₂-ri-to-jo and Hebrew Baʿalat ha-Dəḇîr carry the same title. For *307, see VIR+*307.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

HT 27aHaghia Triadati-ni-ta*307…
Linear A Lexicon