SI-KA

office of the steward or prefect (√s-k-n); rival sukkā 'booth' (√s-k-k)

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Reading
šikā
Confidence
Candidate
Root
*šakVn- ‘to dwell, settle’
Kind
Personnel
Language
Semitic
Rank
#86 of the top 100

Compared forms

  • Ugaritic𐎒𐎋𐎐sknskn "steward, prefect" (DULAT 746)
  • Hebrewšākanšākan "to dwell" (HALOT 1496); šĕkīnā "Shekhinah"; OR sukkā (סֻכָּה) "booth, tabernacle" (√s-k-k "to cover"); Sukkot (סֻכּוֹת) festival of booths
  • Akkadianšakānušakānu "to place, set, establish" (CAD Š1 115); šaknu "governor"
  • Arabicsakanasakana "to dwell, be tranquil" (BK 1 1112)

Attestations6 cited

  1. HT Wa 1014SI-KA
  2. HT Wa 1015SI-KA
  3. HT Wa 1016SI-KA
  4. HT Wa 1017SI-KA
  5. HT Wa 1018SI-KA
  6. HT Wa 1028SI-KA

Commentary

Six identical nodules from Portico 11/Room 13 at Haghia Triada (HT Wa 1014–1018, 1028): sealings of an institution, the office of a steward or prefect. √s-k-n (š-k-n), the title family of Ug. skn ‘prefect, governor; manager, administrator’ (DULAT 746), the Amarna gloss sú-ki-na (DULAT 746) and SI-KI-NE Sikinet. Rival: √s-k-k ‘to cover’, Heb. sukkā ‘booth’. Weak point: SI-KA writes neither the n of the title nor a suffix. IO Za 6 I-NA-TA-I-ZU-DI-SI-KA ends in a homograph, šiqā ‘she who gives drink’ (√š-q-y).

On the 3D inscriptions

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

Linear A Lexicon