SA

beer, strong drink—logographic abbreviation of *śakaru/*šikaru; commodity logogram, compounded with VIN

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Reading
śakaru
Confidence
Candidate
Root
*šakār- ‘drunk’ 1, ‘intoxicating drink, beer’ 2
Kind
Commodity
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Akkadianšikarušikaru ‘beer; fermented alcoholic beverage’ (CAD Š/2 420)
  • Hebrewšēkāršēkār ‘intoxicating drink, beer’ (HALOT 1501)
  • Ugariticš-k-r/š-k-r/ (II) ‘to become intoxicated’ (DULAT 804)

Attestations4 cited

  1. HT 56aSA
  2. HT 114bSA-VIN 9
  3. HT 131bVIN+SA
  4. ZA 15a*47-KU-NA SA-VIN

Commentary

HT 56a: SA 11½ under the heading *188 (buṭnu). Compound forms: VIN+SA (HT 131b), SA-VIN (HT 114b SA-VIN 9, ZA 15a), a compounded beverage ‘wine-beer’ (cf. the yayin/šēkār doublet, Num 6:3, Isa 5:11). Akk. šikaru ‘beer (made from grain), fermented alcoholic beverage’ (CAD Š/2 420), Heb. šēkār ‘intoxicating drink’ (HALOT 1501), Arab. sakar. On HT 27b SA n pairs with RE m (SA 1 RE 14, SA 4 RE 70[, SA 4 RE ]40), a transaction notation, with no reading there.

On the 3D inscriptions

Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far.

Linear A Lexicon