# DU-ZU-WA (ḏū-ṯuwāʕ)

> He of the Lord (personal name; ḏū 'he of' + ṯuwāʕ 'lord'); rival 'the noble one'

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

- Reading: ḏū-ṯuwāʕ
- 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: [DU-ZU-WA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-ZU-WA/index.md>)

## Commentary

ḏū-ṯuwāʕ: DU ḏū 'he of', as Amorite Zu-ḫa-di-im (Huffmon 1965, 186), + ZU-WA ṯuwā(ʕ) 'lord', Akkadian šuwāʾu, Old Akkadian su-wa-um (CAD Š/3 417). A recipient of grain under JE-DI on HT 36. Rival: 'the noble one'.

## Attestations

- [HT 36](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT36/index.md>)

## References

- APNM: Huffmon, Herbert B. (1965), Amorite Personal Names in the Mari Texts: A Structural and Lexical Study. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore
- CAD Š/3: Oriental Institute (Erica Reiner, ed.) (1992), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. 17, Š, part 3. The Oriental Institute, Chicago; J. J. Augustin, Glückstadt

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