# KU-PA₃-RI-JA (Kubariya)

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

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

- Reading: Kubariya
- Type: Place; 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: Haghia Triada
- Lexicon: [KU-PA₃-RI-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-PA~E2~82~83-RI-JA/index.md>)

## 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.

## Attestations

- [HT 24a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT24a/index.md>)

## References

- DULAT: del Olmo Lete, Gregorio; Sanmartín, Joaquín (2015), A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition. Brill, Leiden/Boston (Handbook of Oriental Studies 1/112); Third Revised Edition, tr. and ed. Wilfred G.E. Watson; 2 parts
- RGTC 12/2: Belmonte Marín, Juan Antonio (2001), Die Orts- und Gewässernamen der Texte aus Syrien im 2. Jt. v. Chr.. Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden (Répertoire Géographique des Textes Cunéiformes 12/2; Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients B 7/12/2)

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