KA-JU

messenger, courier (title)

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Reading: kallû
Confidence: Speculative
Root: *ḳVlVl- ‘be small, be light’ 1, ‘swift’
Kind: Personnel
Language: Semitic
Rank: —

Compared forms

Akkadiankallûkallû ‘messenger’, LÚ ka-al-la at Ugarit (RS 16.188 r. 7; CAD K 83–84)
Ugaritic𐎖𐎍qlql (II) ‘courier’ (KTU 4.213:27; DULAT 689)

Attestations1 cited

HT 88 3DKA-JU 1the messenger, courier (Akkadian title)

Commentary

HT 88 .4 KA-JU 1, both signs whole and undotted, the second of six one-unit entries after KI-RO, between KU-PA₃-PA₃ 1 and KU-PA₃-NU 1 (GORILA I 139). JU at its primary value lu: ka-lu, the geminate unwritten. A title in a roster of one-unit entries, as Ugarit issues decanted wine to the courier, yn ḥsp l ql (KTU 4.213:27; DULAT 689). Rivals: Ugaritic ql ‘swift (courier)’, with KA for q; kalû ‘lamentation priest’ (CAD K 91).

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

HT 88Haghia Triada…ka-ju