# JA-DI-KI-TU (yā Diqqitu)

> O Diqqitu! (vocative invocation of the proposed goat-goddess Diqqitu)

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

- Reading: yā Diqqitu
- Type: God or goddess; confidence Probable. Fits the word’s contexts and has a close external comparison, without an independent control.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Probable. Fits the word’s contexts and has a close external comparison, without an independent control.
- Sites: Iouktas
- Lexicon: [JA-DI-KI-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-DI-KI-TU/index.md>)

## Commentary

IO Za 2, position 2 of the libation formula: vocative ya- before Diqqitu, the goddess of Dikte. Ugaritic dqt 'female of small cattle for sacrifice' is a divine name in a Ugaritic god-list (Astour 1966); Hesiod calls the mountain Aigaion oros, 'Goat's Mountain'. Palaikastro writes A-DI-KI-TE and JA-DI-KI-TE-TE (di Mino, Ya Diktu).

## Attestations

- [IO Za 2](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/IOZa2/index.md>)

## References

- Astour, Michael C. (1966), Some New Divine Names from Ugarit. Journal of the American Oriental Society,86(3),277–284
- Ya Diktu: di Mino, Tom (2026), Ya Diktu: Grammar of the Minoan Peak Sanctuary Libation Formula. Minoan Mystery, online,46 pp.

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