# JA-DA-SU (Yadaʿ-Šum)

> personal name, 'Šum knew'

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

- Reading: Yadaʿ-Šum
- 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: Khania
- Lexicon: [JA-DA-SU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-DA-SU/index.md>)

## Commentary

Amorite I-DA-SU-UM, JI-JDAʿ+ŚUM (Gelb AS 21 no. 2430); JADAʿ names (nos. 3168–3178); Ug. ydʿ PN.

## Attestations

- [KH 74](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/KH74/index.md>)

## References

- AS 21: Gelb, Ignace J. (1980), Computer-aided Analysis of Amorite. Assyriological Studies 21,The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

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