*325

Status: speculative. A speculative value.

Phonetic value

Field	Value
Value	/bu/
Alternates	/ta/, /tu/
Linear B	no Linear B counterpart recorded
Neutralization class	none

Alternate values

Value	Evidence
/ta/	VC /at/: its discriminating evidence was POZc1, whose last sign RILA-S1 leaves unread; Against: the script's VC signs never follow a vowel sign (AU, 310: 0 of 18); 325 does in all four tokens
/tu/	CV dentals (ti/tu/ṭu/ṯa): sign_proposer's top ranks; no lexical match

Forms cited for the value

U-*325-ZA / A-*325-ZA = ʾubūs / ʾabūs 'stall, storehouse' (PS *ʾabūs-; Akk. abūsu, Heb. ʾēbûs), PS *s = [ts] in the Z-series
The U-/A- onset matches Akk. ubsātu beside abūsātu (CAD A/1 92); bēl abūsi 'overseer of the storehouse' at Ras Shamra (CAD A/1 93)
A standing unit beside DA-RI-DA and DA-RE (HT10a, HT85a); PE2 fraction list
Orthography: V-CV-CV, the script's default
Grid: fills the open /bu/ CV slot (PA₃ = /ba/ beside PA = /pa/)
Allographs: the 4 incised tokens are one grapheme

Note

Candidate /bu/, not resolved: one word, four tokens, no ideogram. RILA-S1 leaves POZc1's last sign unread, which removed /at/'s only discriminating evidence. Every open grid value tested on the four tokens: /bu/ alone fits the spelling rules and an administrative noun. Rival: /ḫu/, ʾuḫuzza(t) 'holding' (Heb. ʾăḥuzzâ, HALOT 32), which needs ZA for PS *ḏ.

Lexicon words written with this sign

Word	Proposed reading	Confidence
A-*325-ZA	ʾabūs(a)	Candidate
U-*325-ZA	ʾubūs(a)	Candidate

Updated 24 October 2026

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