# MA-TI-ZA-I-TE (Matiʿ-zayti)

> Protector of the olive trees (personal name; matiʿ 'protector' + zayt 'olive tree'); rival Hurrian mat-

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

- Reading: Matiʿ-zayti
- 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: Palaikastro
- Lexicon: [MA-TI-ZA-I-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-TI-ZA-I-TE/index.md>)

## Commentary

PK 1 .7 MA-TI-ZA-I-TE 1, in a roster of names entered singly (GORILA I 281). Matiʿ-zayti, Amorite MTʿ 'to protect' (Gelb 1980, 25), spelt MA-TI- as Matiʿ-ʾIl (no. 4568), + zayt 'olive tree' (HALOT 268), as in Hebrew Zêtān (HALOT 269). Rival: Hurrian mat-. See the lexicon entry.

## Attestations

- [PK 1](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/PK1/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
- HALOT: Koehler, Ludwig; Baumgartner, Walter; Stamm, Johann Jakob; Richardson, M. E. J. (trans. and ed.) (1994), The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, vols. I–IV. E. J. Brill, Leiden · New York · Köln
- 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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