# O-SU-QA-RE (ʾō Sukar)

> O Sokar (Egyptian Skr), the deity addressed; rivals Ušḫara the Snake, ʾAšqur

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

- Reading: ʾō Sukar
- Confidence: Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Root: s-k-r
- Kind: Divine
- Language: Middle Egyptian
- Signs: O (o) · SU (su) · QA (qa) · RE (re)

## Compared forms

- Egyptian: *Zkr* — Zkr 'Sokar' (AED lemma 146890; Wb 3, 487.13)
- Ugaritic: ủšḫr DN, from Akkadian Išḫara (DULAT 113), the rival

## Attestations

- [TL Za 1](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/TLZa1/index.md>): A-TA-I-\*301-WA-JA O-SU-QA-RE — O Sukar!

## Commentary

TL Za 1 A-TA-I-*301-WA-JA · O-SU-QA-RE ·, the deity slot of the libation formula. ʾō Sukar: vocative ʾō (Geʿez ʾo-, Leslau 1987, 1) + Egyptian Skr 'Sokar', final E dead after r (di Mino, Ya Diktu). Rival: Ušḫara, Ugaritic úšḫr, only as úšḫr ḫlmẓ 'Ušḫara the Snake' (KTU 1.115:2, 12; DULAT 113), from Akk. Išḫara, with QA where KA writes ḫ. Rival: ʾAšqur, an Amorite DN in names at Mari and Alalakh (aš-kur-ᵈIM), with O for ʾa; Sanmartín derives it from |S-ḳ-r| 'the very high one' (GlOS 2, 195; cf. Akk. zaqāru), Gelb from ŚKR 'to remember' (AS 21, nos. 949–950). One witness.

## In the onomasticon

- [O-SU-QA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/names/O-SU-QA-RE/index.md>): God or goddess, Egyptian

## References

- Reading: di Mino, Ya Diktu; DULAT 113; GlOS 2, 195; Gelb, AS 21
- KTU: Dietrich, Manfried; Loretz, Oswald; Sanmartín, Joaquín (2013), Die keilalphabetischen Texte aus Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani und anderen Orten / The Cuneiform Alphabetic Texts from Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani and Other Places (KTU³). Ugarit-Verlag, Münster (Alter Orient und Altes Testament 360/1); ISBN 978-3-86835-014-2
- AS 21: Gelb, Ignace J. (1980), Computer-aided Analysis of Amorite. Assyriological Studies 21,The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
- LGz.: Leslau, Wolf (1987), Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz
- 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
- GlOS 2: Sanmartín, Joaquín (2024), A Glossary of Old Syrian, Volume 2: l – z. Languages of the Ancient Near East 8/2,Eisenbrauns (Pennsylvania State University Press), University Park
- Ya Diktu: di Mino, Tom (2026), Ya Diktu: Grammar of the Minoan Peak Sanctuary Libation Formula. Minoan Mystery, online,46 pp.

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