# A-SI-JA-KA (šawīqu)

> fine flour, semolina

A Linear A word in the Linear A Lexicon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: šawīqu
- Confidence: Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Root: [\*šawīḳ-](<https://linear-a.ai/roots/748/index.md>) 'fine flour'
- Kind: Commodity
- Language: Semitic
- Signs: A (a) · SI (si) · JA (ja) · KA (ka)

## Compared forms

- Akkadian: *šawīqu* — šawīqu 'fine flour, semolina'
- Arabic: *sawīq* — sawīq 'parched barley flour'

## Attestations

- [HT 28a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT28a/index.md>): A-SI-JA-KA — fine flour, the account heading, as on HT28b
- [HT 28b](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT28b/index.md>): A-SI-JA-KA U-MI-NA-SI — fine flour, semolina (account heading)

## Commentary

HT 28a: A-SI-JA-KA heads a list of grain and oil, GRA+QE 5, OLE+U 2, OLE+KI ½, OLE+MI 1, OLE+TU, VIN 3, where a flour category fits a commodity allocation; HT 28b writes it again. Skeleton syk against šwq: š is written s and ḳ is written k. Arabic sawīq 'parched barley meal' keeps the trade commodity.

## References

- Reading: di Mino

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