Place · Semitic

TA-NI-KA

Taanach (place name); rival a personal name

Reading
Taʿnaku
Type
Place Speculative
Language
Semitic Speculative
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
2
Lexicon
TA-NI-KA

Commentary

Roundel label at Haghia Triada (HT Wc 3004, 3005). Amarna URU Taḫnaka, EA 248:14 (Moran 1992); Hebrew תַּעְנַךְ Taʿnak, t-ʿ-n-k with ʿ unwritten; NI against the a of Taʿnak. Place-name function on roundels unproved.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry TA-NI-KA.

  • HebrewTaʿnakTaʿnak ‘Taanach’, melek taʿnak ʾeḥād ‘the king of Taanach, one’ (Josh 12:21; HALOT 1770)
  • Akkadian{uru}Ta-aḫ-n[a-k]a, Amarna, EA 248:14 (RGTC 12/2, 281, s.v. *Taʿannaku)
  • EgyptianTʿnk in the Thutmose III list, Urk IV 650:10 (RGTC 12/2, 281)
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