Gentilic · Semitic

A-TU-RI-SI-TI

the Tylissian (f.): provenance label on a jar

Reading
ha-Turisīt
Type
Gentilic Candidate
Language
Semitic Candidate
Sites
Knossos
Attestations
1
Lexicon
A-TU-RI-SI-TI

Commentary

KN Zb 5, a clay vessel. Pre-Greek Turis- (LB tu-ri-so, Tylissos) with the article ha- and the NWS feminine gentilic -īt, as Hebrew ha-kkĕnaʿănît; LB writes the feminine ethnic tu-ri-si-ja.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry A-TU-RI-SI-TI.

  • Hebrewha-kkĕnaʿănîtha-kkĕnaʿănît ‘the Canaanite (woman)’ (Gen 46:10; Exod 6:15; 1 Chr 2:3), ha-mmôʾābît (2 Chr 24:26): article + feminine gentilic -ît
  • Ugaritic𐎃𐎚𐎊𐎚ḫtytḫtyt GN f. ‘Hittite’, hmš ddm l ḫtyt ‘five cauldronsful for the Hittite (people?)’, KTU 4.269:3 (DULAT 409); kd (I) n. f. ‘jar’ (DULAT 424)
  • AmoriteGUBL-AJIT-UM, Gu-ub-la-ji-tum ‘the Byblian (woman)’ (Gelb 1980, no. 1795)
  • Linear Btu-ri-so Tylissos (KN Ce 59, Da, Db, Dd, Dh); ethnic tu-ri-si-jo (KN E 668, Og 833), fem. tu-ri-si-ja (KN Lc 533)
Linear A Lexicon