QE-PU

official, commissioner (title); rival: the personal name Qīpu

𐘿QEAB7819 entries𐘫PUAB508 entries
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Reading
qēpu
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*ḳīp- ‘official, administrator’
Kind
Personnel
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Akkadianqīpu (qēpu) s. ‘official; administrator of a region, a city, a temple’, from MB on, Ass. qēpu, lex. LÚ qe-e-pu (CAD Q 264); qīpu adj. ‘trustworthy, trusted (person)’ (CAD Q 263); qiāpu ‘to believe, trust’
  • NuziQĪPU, Ki-pu, slave of the palace (Gelb, Purves, and MacRae 1943, 88)

Attestations2 cited

  1. HT 9a3DQE-PU 2official, commissioner; rival: the personal name Qīpu
  2. HT 9b3DQE-PU 2official, commissioner; rival: the personal name Qīpu

Commentary

HT 9a and 9b, the wine roster: QE-PU 2 on both faces, one of two entries unchanged (with DI-NA-U 4) while the total falls from 31¾ to 24 (GORILA I 19). QE writes q and the Assyrian ē, PU the -pu. An Akkadian title, qīpu (qēpu) ‘official’ (CAD Q 264), in a recipient slot beside the names Padī and Dīnāyu. Rival: the name Qīpu.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

HT 9a–bHaghia Triada2×…qe-puqe-pu…
Linear A Lexicon