# QA-TI-JU (Qātilu)

> Qātilu (personal name), 'killer'; rival Hurrian Katiya 'He/She said'

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

- Reading: Qātilu
- 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: Zakros
- Lexicon: [QA-TI-JU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-TI-JU/index.md>)

## Commentary

Qātilu: the qātil participle of *ḳtl 'kill', a name in Safaitic qtl and Arabic Qātila (Harding 1971, 476), recipient of 8 on ZA 14. Rival: Hurrian Katiya 'He/She said' (Mari ka-ti-ia, Monti 2017, 255).

## Attestations

- [ZA 14](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/ZA14/index.md>)

## References

- Harding, G. Lankester (1971), An Index and Concordance of Pre-Islamic Arabian Names and Inscriptions. Near and Middle East Series 8,University of Toronto Press
- Monti, Luciano Esteban (2017), A Systematic Approach to the Hurrian Pantheon: The Onomastic Evidence. PhD dissertation, Università degli Studi di Udine (XXVIII cycle)

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