# SI+SE-RA+KA (šeraka) > levy, gift—fiscal category on a commodity nodule A Linear A word in the Linear A Lexicon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier. - Reading: šeraka - Confidence: Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once. - Root: [\*šrk]() 'to give as a votive offering, to give a present' 1, 'gift' 2 - Kind: Administrative - Language: Semitic - Signs: SI (si) · SE (se) · RA (ra) · KA (ka) ## Compared forms - Akkadian: *širku* — širku B 'gift; (a tax)', at Ugarit with the tithe and toll of a town (RS 16.276:10; CAD Š/3 111); širiktu, also šeriktu, 'grant, gift' (CAD Š/3 103); šarāku A 'to dedicate, to give' (CAD Š/2 40) ## Attestations - [HT Wa 1021](): SI+SE-RA+KA ## Commentary HT Wa 1021, a nodule: *188-DU · ¾ · SI+SE-RA+KA, a commodity, a fraction and a word. With SI+SE as še, SI+SE-RA+KA writes šeraka: Akk. širku 'gift; a tax', levied at Ugarit with a town's tithe and toll (CAD Š/3 111), and širiktu, also šeriktu, 'grant, gift' (CAD Š/3 103), of šarāku 'to dedicate, to give'. RA+KA read in sign order, as MI+*301 minā. Weak point: SI+SE for še. Rival: a personal name, the official of the sealing. One attestation. ## References - Reading: di Mino - CAD Š/2: Oriental Institute (Erica Reiner, ed.) (1992), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. 17, Š, part 2. The Oriental Institute, Chicago; J. J. Augustin, Glückstadt - CAD Š/3: Oriental Institute (Erica Reiner, ed.) (1992), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. 17, Š, part 3. The Oriental Institute, Chicago; J. J. Augustin, Glückstadt --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI~2BSE-RA~2BKA/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.