Place · Semitic

KU-PA₃-RI-JA

Kubariya, a town of Ugarit, (wool) of Kubariya: a section heading; rival Gubliya 'the Byblian'

Reading: Kubariya
Type: Place Speculative
Language: Semitic Speculative
Sites: Haghia Triada
Attestations: 1
Lexicon: KU-PA₃-RI-JA

Commentary

Heading of the HT 24a wool inventory, as PA-SA-RI-JA heads its second section. Kubariya, a town of Ugarit: alphabetic kbry, syllabic URU ku-ba-ri-ia-a (DULAT 424; RGTC 12/2, 165). Rival: Gubliya, Gubla with the gentilic -iya, as Amorite GUBL-AJ-I and Hebrew gibli.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry KU-PA₃-RI-JA.

Ugaritickbry, a town of Ugarit, syllabic URU ku-ba-ri-ia-a, RS 25.455 A+B I 4 (DULAT 424)
AkkadianKubariyā (RGTC 12/2, 165)