# I-PA-SA-JA (Ipšaja)

> Ipšaja (personal name; Hurrian hypocoristic)

A name in the Linear A onomasticon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: Ipšaja
- Type: Personal name; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Language: Hurrian; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Sites: Khania
- Lexicon: [I-PA-SA-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-PA-SA-JA/index.md>)

## Commentary

Nuzi Ipšaja, Ip-ša-a-a, Ip-šá-a-a, "Probably hypocoristic for Ipša-halu", element ipš- Hurrian (Gelb, Purves, and MacRae 1943, 220); JA dotted, one witness.

## Attestations

- [KH 10](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/KH10/index.md>)

## References

- NPN: Gelb, Ignace J.; Purves, Pierre M.; MacRae, Allan A. (1943), Nuzi Personal Names. Oriental Institute Publications 57, University of Chicago

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