Place · Semitic

DA-QE-RA

the (district) of Qīr, the walled town; heading opposite KA-PA 'village'; rival diḳaru 'pot'

Reading
ḏā-Qīra
Type
Place Candidate
Language
Semitic Candidate
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
3
Lexicon
DA-QE-RA

Commentary

KA-PA and DA-QE-RA head the two sections of HT 6a; DA-QE-RA heads HT 120, grain to DA-ME, KI-RE-TA-NA and PA-I-TO, and HT 57a. ḏā ‘the one of’ + Qīr, a town name, Moabite qr ‘city’, Hebrew Qîr Môʾāb (HALOT 1099–1100). Rival: diqāru ‘bowl’ (CAD D 157). See the lexicon entry.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry DA-QE-RA.

  • Moabiteqrqr ‘city’ (Mesha 11, 12, 24, 29; HALOT 1099)
  • Hebrewקִירqîrqîr קִיר ‘wall’ (HALOT 1099); qîr Môʾāb beside ʿār Môʾāb (Isa 15:1)
  • Akkadiandiqārudiqāru ‘round-bottomed bowl’ (CAD D 157), the rival
Linear A Lexicon