Personal name · Semitic

DA-KU-NA

personal name on Dagan, Daguna

Reading
Daguna
Type
Personal name Probable
Language
Semitic Probable
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
1
Lexicon
DA-KU-NA

Commentary

The exact syllabic name Da-gu-na is independently attested in Old Akkadian, with later Akkadian divine-name attestations. HT103's counted administrative context favors an anthroponym or recipient, probably Dagan/Dagon-derived, rather than the deity directly.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry DA-KU-NA.

  • AkkadianDaguna, Dagana, the Babylonian forms of the god’s name (HALOT 213)
  • Ugariticdgn (II) DN (DULAT 265)
  • Hebrewdāgôndāgôn ‘Dagon, god of the Philistines’ (HALOT 213)
  • AmoriteDagān DN (Gelb AS 21, 17)
Linear A Lexicon