Title · Semitic

ZU-*301-SE-DE-*21F-*118

the chariot soldiers: provision of wheat; rival a name ZU-*301-SE-DE

Reading
ṯannān ṣēd ḥiṭṭa
Type
Title Speculative
Language
Semitic Speculative
Sites
Arkhanes
Attestations
1
Lexicon
ZU-*301

Commentary

Three words: ZU-*301 ṯannān ‘chariot soldiers’ (Ug. ṯnnm, DULAT 909; Hoch 1994, 261), SE-DE ṣēd ‘provision’, *21F-*118 ḥiṭṭa ‘wheat’. A troop, not a name. Rival: a name ZU-*301-SE-DE.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry ZU-*301.

  • Ugariticṯnn, pl. ṯnnm, syll. LÚ ša-na-ni, LÚ ša-na-nu-ma; rb ṯnnm ‘chief archer’ (DULAT 909)
  • Akkadianšanannušanannu ‘archer(?)’, MB Alalakh and Ras Shamra: 1006 ERÍN.MEŠ ša-na-an-nu (Wiseman, Alalakh 183:2); sheep belonging to the LÚ.MEŠ ša-na-an-ni-e (Alalakh 352:6); Hurrian pl. LÚ.MEŠ ša-na-nu-ḫē (Alalakh 350:9) (CAD Š/1 366)
  • Egyptiansnny, *ṯannānu ‘chariot soldier, archer’ (Hoch 1994, 261, no. 371)
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