# RI-TA-JE (Lītāy)

> (My) Might (personal name; lītu 'might, victory' + hypocoristic -āy); rival Rašiyya

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

- Reading: Lītāy
- 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: [RI-TA-JE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RI-TA-JE/index.md>)

## Commentary

KH 6 .4 RI-TA-JE CYP+D[, a cyperus recipient (GORILA III 27). Lītāy, Akkadian lītu 'might' in personal names (CAD L 223), √l-ʾ-y 'be powerful' (GlOS 2, 6), with the hypocoristic -āy of *306-TA-JE. Rival: Amorite Rašiyya (Gelb 1980, no. 5264). See the lexicon entry.

## Attestations

- [KH 6](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/KH6/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
- CAD L: Oriental Institute (A. Leo Oppenheim and Erica Reiner, eds.) (1973), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. 9, L. The Oriental Institute, Chicago; J. J. Augustin, Glückstadt
- GORILA III: Godart, Louis; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (1976), Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A, volume 3: Tablettes, nodules et rondelles édités en 1975 et 1976 (GORILA III). École française d'Athènes (Études crétoises XXI, 3); Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris
- GlOS 2: Sanmartín, Joaquín (2024), A Glossary of Old Syrian, Volume 2: l – z. Languages of the Ancient Near East 8/2,Eisenbrauns (Pennsylvania State University Press), University Park

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