# MI-TA (mitta)

> personal name (Mitanni Indo-Aryan type)

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

- Reading: mitta
- Type: Personal name; confidence Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Language: Indo-European; confidence Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Sites: Haghia Triada
- Lexicon: [MI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MI-TA/index.md>)

## Commentary

Compare Nuzi Mittar-atti, element mittar- (Gelb, Purves, and MacRae 1943, s.v. MITTAR-ATTI), Mitanni Indo-Aryan *mitra-atthi- 'having Mitra [or a friend] as his guest' (Gentile 2019, 157). Rival: Indo-Aryan -mitta, as Amarna Ša-mitta.

## Attestations

- [HT 128a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT128a/index.md>)

## References

- NPN: Gelb, Ignace J.; Purves, Pierre M.; MacRae, Allan A. (1943), Nuzi Personal Names. Oriental Institute Publications 57, University of Chicago
- Gentile, Simone (2019), Indo-Iranian personal names in Mitanni: A source for cultural reconstruction. Onoma,54,137–159

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