# U-SU (ʾUšu)

> man of Ušu (mainland Tyre)—origin-labeled worker

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

- Reading: ʾUšu
- Type: Place or gentilic; confidence Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Sites: Haghia Triada
- Lexicon: [U-SU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-SU/index.md>)

## Commentary

The Amarna toponym usu (EA 121) can name a roster person by origin: HT117b labels personnel by gentilic (DI-KI-SE 'the Diktaian'), and U-DI-MI (ʾUdmī, man of Udum) sits on the same face. A worker from Ušu.

## Outside the corpus

amarna:places:usu:121

## Attestations

- [HT 117a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT117a/index.md>)

## References

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

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