SA-MA-RO

Samarō, personal name, 'guard'

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Reading
Samarō
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*šVmVr- ‘guard’
Kind
Personal name
Language
Semitic
Rank
Amorite-linked appendix

Compared forms

  • Hebrewšmršmr ‘to guard’ (HALOT 1581)
  • Amoritesamar, a name element ‘guard, watch’ (Huffmon 1965, 251); bare ŚAMAR-A, SA-MA-RA (Gelb 1980, no. 5437); ʾAbī-Śamar (no. 134)
  • Egyptiansmrsmr ‘courtier’ (ORAEC)

Attestations1 cited

  1. HT 883DSA-MA-RO 1personal name; NWS √š-m-r or Egyptian smr

Commentary

HT 88, one of six one-unit entries in the KI-RO roster. √š-m-r ‘guard’, the Amorite name element samar (Huffmon 1965, 251). Rival: Egyptian smr ‘courtier’. One witness.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

HT 88Haghia Triada…sa-ma-ro……
Linear A Lexicon