# DA-TA-RA (Daṯar)

> Old (man's name); rival 'He of the gate'

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

- Reading: Daṯar
- Type: Personal name; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Sites: Haghia Triada
- Lexicon: [DA-TA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-TA-RA/index.md>)

## Commentary

HT 6a .1–2 KA-PA · DA-TA-RA · TE · NI 15 (GORILA I 13). daṯar 'old', the masculine of DA-SE-RA-TE: Amorite DA-ŠU-RU-UM (Gelb no. 1490). Also DA-TA-RE (HT 88). Rival: ḏā-ṯaġri 'He of the gate' (TA-RA).

## Attestations

- [HT 6a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT6a/index.md>)

## References

- GORILA I: Godart, Louis; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (1976), Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A, volume 1: Tablettes éditées avant 1970 (GORILA I). École française d'Athènes (Études crétoises XXI, 1); Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris

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