I-KU-TA

place name: Memphis, the seat of Kothar (Ug. Ḥkpt), a recipient of cyperus; rival 'the Memphite'

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Reading
Ḥikuptaḥ
Confidence
Speculative
Root
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Kind
Toponym
Language
Middle Egyptian
Rank
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Compared forms

  • Egyptianḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ ‘Memphis’ (DULAT 353)
  • UgariticḤkpt, the residence of the god kṯr (DULAT 353)
  • Amarnaḫi-ku-up-ta-aḫ (EA 84:37); ḫi-ku-ta-aḫ, the p unwritten (EA 139:8) (Belmonte, RGTC 12/2, 105)
  • Linear Bi-ku-to, a man in the dative (MY Oi 705.1)

Attestations1 cited

  1. HT 35I-KU-TA CYP 1

Commentary

HT 35 .1 I-KU-TA at the end of the line after TI-TI-KU · *326 ·, its entry CYP 1 at the head of .2 (GORILA I 67); all three signs whole and undotted. ḥi-ku(p)-ta(ḥ): I writes ḥi with the guttural dropped, the coda p and the final ḥ unwritten. The Byblos letter EA 139:8 also leaves the p unwritten, ḫi-ku-ta-aḫ, where EA 84:37 has ḫi-ku-up-ta-aḫ (Belmonte, RGTC 12/2, 105). Ugaritic Ḥkpt is the seat of Kothar, Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (DULAT 353). Linear B i-ku-to is a man in the dative at Mycenae (MY Oi 705.1). One witness.

On the 3D inscriptions

Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far.

Linear A Lexicon