[2] The correct vocalization is confirmed by the syllabic spelling pí-id-ra-i in an Akkadian letter from Ugarit written in the standard cuneiform script.
[8] According to Steve A. Wiggins, it relies on the assumption that Pidray's name would reflect her hypothetical role as a weather deity, which is not directly attested in any texts.
[4] Krebernik notes that while in the past Pidar's name was considered to be derived from Ugaritic pdr, "city," it is most likely related to the Hurrian word pedari, "bull.
"[13] Dennis Pardee outright identifies Pidray's and Pidar's names as the feminine and masculine forms of the same word, but believes that "Fatty" is the most plausible translation.
[15] It has been suggested that Pidray might have functioned as one of the tutelary deities of the ruling house of Ugarit or of the kingdom as a whole, as she is attested in relation to the royal palace.
[17] Manfred Krebernik accepts the notion of the three as a triad, but notes that Pidray nonetheless commonly appears in Ugaritic texts on her own.
[4] Similar to Tallay and Arsay, Pidray is referred to as one of the klt knyt, "perfect brides", in a single passage from the Baal Cycle.
[19] Steve A. Wiggins points out that Pidray in particular is described as unmarried in another myth, and that the term is unlikely to designate the three goddesses as Baal's wives because it is not accompanied by a possessive pronominal suffix.
[20] Daniel Schwemer [de] also assumes that they were not regarded as Baal's spouses, and goes as far as arguing that the weather god did not have a wife in Ugaritic tradition.
[28] An Amorite-Akkadian bilingual lexical list presents Pidray as the Amorite counterpart of the Mesopotamian goddess Nanaya.
[21] The oldest attestation of Pidray has been identified in an Amorite-Akkadian bilingual[3] dated to the Old Babylonian period and first published by Andrew R. George and Manfred Krebernik [de] in 2022.
[31] They conclude that while she is otherwise only attested as an actively worshiped deity in late Bronze Age Ugarit, it can be assumed that in the Old Babylonian period she was venerated in various areas inhabited by Amorites, singling out a possible connection to Aleppo.
[33] The first tablet discovered during excavations in 1929 mentions her among the deities receiving offerings during an elaborate ritual apparently taking place over the course of a day and a night.
[36] A text labeled as "sacrifice to the gods of Mount Saphon" lists her as a recipient of a ram between Kothar and "Mountains and Waters-of-the-Abyss".
[39] In some other cases it is uncertain if the deity listed is Pidray or Pidar due to the state of preservation of the tablets making restoration of the full name difficult.
[42] It has been suggested that it represented a hieros gamos rite or an incubation, but Dennis Pardee notes that no further information in favor or against one of these possibilities is available.
"[43] A direct reference to sacrifices made to Pidray in the royal palace is also known from an administrative tablet listing the supplies of wine provided by various towns in the proximity of Ugarit.
[33] Based on their passive role in these passages, Steve A. Wiggins concludes that in the Baal Cycle they are portrayed as "minors, not yet of an age to have adventures of their own.