# PA-SA-RI-JA (Baṣariya)

> the Baṣirean, gentilic of Baṣīru, a town of Ugarit (Ug. bṣry): a wool section heading

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

- Reading: Baṣariya
- Type: Gentilic; 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: [PA-SA-RI-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-SA-RI-JA/index.md>)

## Commentary

Heading of the second HT 24a wool section, as KU-PA₃-RI-JA Kubariya heads the first. Baṣīru, a town of Ugarit: alphabetic bṣr, gentilic bṣry, syllabic URU ba-ṣi-ri (DULAT 240; RGTC 12/2, 53), listed with Kubariya. See the lexicon entry.

## 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)

---

Page: https://linear-a.ai/names/PA-SA-RI-JA/
Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.