# A-SA-DA-KA (ʾaṣdaqa)

> Most Righteous (PN)

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

- Reading: ʾaṣdaqa
- 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: Malia
- Lexicon: [A-SA-DA-KA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SA-DA-KA/index.md>)

## Commentary

√ṣ-d-q "to be just, righteous". SA=ṣ and KA=q via emphatic neutralization in Linear A syllabary. Direct Amorite PN parallel: şadaqa (the same consonants). Cf. Hebrew Zadok (צָדוֹק), Zedekiah, Melchizedek. Attested on the Malia roundel MAWc<5> with the grain logogram GRA+E—administrative PN context. Rival: Hurrian aštaga 'woman', diminutive of ašte (Wilhelm, "Hurrian," 103; Laroche 1980, 61–62), which accounts for the initial A-.

## Attestations

- [MA Wc \<5\>](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/MAWc~3C5~3E/index.md>)

## References

- GLH: Laroche, Emmanuel (1980), Glossaire de la langue hourrite. Editions Klincksieck

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