# TI-NI-TA \*307 (Tinitu Dubur)

> Tinit of the Sanctuary (Goddess + Sanctuary pattern)

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

- Reading: Tinitu Dubur
- Confidence: Probable. Fits the word’s contexts and has a close external comparison, without an independent control.
- Root: [\*tinnīt-](<https://linear-a.ai/roots/2967/index.md>) 'Tanit/Tinit (Punic goddess, face of Baal)' + [\*dVb(V)r-](<https://linear-a.ai/roots/151/index.md>) 'back, hind part' 1, 'descendants' 2
- Kind: Divine
- Language: Semitic
- Signs: TI (ti) · NI (ni) · TA (ta) · \*307
- Rank: #23 of the top 100

## Compared forms

- Phoenician: 𐤕𐤍𐤕 *tnt* — tnt 'Tanit' (Sarepta, KAI 285)
- Punic in Greek letters: Θινιθ — Θινιθ 'Tinnit' on the El-Hofra stele EH 1.1/5 (Krahmalkov 2000, 126, 495)
- Hebrew: דְּבִיר *dəvîr* — dəvîr (דְּבִיר) 'inner sanctuary' (1 Kgs 6:5)

## Attestations

- [HT 27a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT27a/index.md>): TI-NI-TA \*307 — Tinit (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.

## Same root

- [TI-NI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TI-NI-TA/index.md>) (Tinitu)
- [VIR+\*307](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIR~2B*307/index.md>) (VIR-dubur)
- [DU-PU₂-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-PU~E2~82~82-RE/index.md>) (dubur)
- [A-DU \*307+\*307](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DU~20*307~2B*307/index.md>) (Addu dubur-dubur)
- [DU-\*314-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-*314-RE/index.md>) (dubur)
- [OLE-\*307](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE-*307/index.md>) (OLE-dubur)
- [TA-NA-TI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-NA-TI/index.md>) (Tanāti)
- [TA-NA-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-NA-TE/index.md>) (Tanāt)

## References

- Reading: di Mino; Krahmalkov 2000
- KAI: Donner, Herbert; Röllig, Wolfgang (2002), Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften. Band 1. Harrassowitz
- Krahmalkov: Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000), A Phoenician-Punic Dictionary. Peeters (Leuven)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.