# KU-PA (quppa) > box, basket (standardized container for measured commodity allocations) A Linear A word in the Linear A Lexicon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier. - Reading: quppa - Confidence: Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare. - Root: [\*ḳupp-]() 'box' 1, 'basket' 2 - Kind: Administrative - Language: Semitic - Signs: KU (ku) · PA (pa) - Rank: #91 of the top 100 ## Compared forms - Akkadian: *quppu* — quppu 'box'; qappatu 'basket' - Arabic: *quffat-* — quffat- 'basket' - Geez: *qafo* — qafo 'basket' - Mehri: *ḳeffēt* — ḳeffēt 'basket' - Soqotri: *ḳefet* — ḳefet 'basket' - Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎔𐎚 *qpt* — qpt 'box, chest, basket' (GlOS 1, 349) ## Attestations - [HT 110a](): KU-PA 1 - [KH 29](): KU-PA - [ZA 11a](): KU-PA GRA+PA 1 - [ZA 11b](): KU-PA GRA+PA 3 ## Commentary ZA 11a and ZA 11b each have KU-PA · GRA+PA, with 1 and 3: a container named before measured grain; HT 110a has KU-PA 1 after CYP+E 20, and KH 29 KU-PA before 2. quppa 'box, basket': Akk. quppu A '(a wicker basket or wooden chest)' (CAD Q 307), KU writing qu, since Linear A has no QU sign; the accusative *quppa(m) gives KU-PA. The small quantities (1–3) count single containers. See QE-PI-TA and KA-PA. ## Same root - [QE-PI-TA]() (qepīta) ## References - Reading: di Mino; CAD Q - CAD Q: Oriental Institute (Erica Reiner, ed.) (1982), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. 13, Q. The Oriental Institute, Chicago; J. J. Augustin, Glückstadt - GlOS 1: Sanmartín, Joaquín (2019), A Glossary of Old Syrian, Volume 1: ʔ – ḳ. Languages of the Ancient Near East 8/1,Eisenbrauns (Pennsylvania State University Press), University Park --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-PA/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.