# A-RI-NI-TA (ʾarīnīt)

> She-of-the-Lion (feminine gentilic—priestess/cult title; cf. I-ZU-RI-NI-TA She-of-the-Bull)

A name in the Linear A onomasticon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: ʾarīnīt
- Type: Personal name; confidence Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Sites: Haghia Triada, Zakros
- Lexicon: [A-RI-NI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RI-NI-TA/index.md>)

## Commentary

HT 25a and ZA 8. ʾarīnīt 'She-of-the-Lion': feminine -īt on ari 'lion', as I-ZU-RI-NI-TA is 'She-of-the-Bull'. A cult title rests on -īt alone, which also forms relational adjectives and abstracts. Rival: a Hurrian name in ari- 'give'.

## Attestations

- [HT 25a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT25a/index.md>)
- [ZA 8](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/ZA8/index.md>)

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