# JA-PA (Yapaʿ(u))

> personal name ("he shines"—Amarna Yapaḫu)

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

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

## Commentary

Mari bare name IA-A-PA-AH Yaypaʿ (Gelb 1980, no. 2792); Amarna Yapaḫu.

## Attestations

- [ZA 4a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/ZA4a/index.md>)

## References

- AS 21: Gelb, Ignace J. (1980), Computer-aided Analysis of Amorite. Assyriological Studies 21,The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

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