# TA-NI-KA (Taʿnaku)

> Taanach (place name); rival a personal name

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

- Reading: Taʿnaku
- Type: Place; 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: Haghia Triada
- Lexicon: [TA-NI-KA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-NI-KA/index.md>)

## 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.

## Attestations

- [HT Wc 3004](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HTWc3004/index.md>)
- [HT Wc 3005](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HTWc3005/index.md>)

## References

- EA: Moran, William L. (1992), The Amarna Letters. Johns Hopkins University Press

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