Place · Egyptian

I-KU-TA

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

Reading
Ḥikuptaḥ
Type
Place Speculative
Language
Egyptian Speculative
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
1
Lexicon
I-KU-TA

Commentary

HT 35 .1 I-KU-TA CYP 1 (GORILA I 67). ḥi-ku(p)-ta(ḥ), with the coda p and final ḥ unwritten; the Byblos letter EA 139:8 also writes hi-ku-ta-ah (Belmonte, RGTC 12/2, 105). Ugaritic Ḥkpt, the seat of Kothar, Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (DULAT 353); Linear B i-ku-to (MY Oi 705.1). One witness.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry I-KU-TA.

  • 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)
Linear A Lexicon