TU-RU-SA

Shield, Protector (invoked in formula position two); the name Tursha

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Reading
Tursa
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*turs- ‘shield’ 1, ‘door-bar’ 2
Kind
Divine
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Arabicتُرْسtursتُرْس turs ‘shield’, tatarrasa ‘he shielded himself’ (Lane 302)
  • Aramaicתְּרִיסָאtᵉrîsāתְּרִיסָא tᵉrîsā ‘shield’, rendering Hebrew māgēn (Tg. Ps 3:4) and ṣinnāh (Tg. Ps 5:13) (Jastrow 1698)
  • Egyptiantwršꜣ Tursha, a Sea People, under Merneptah and at Medinet Habu (di Mino, Ya Diktu)

Attestations1 cited

  1. KO Za 13DTU-RU-SA DU-*314-RE I-DA-AShield, Protector; the name Tursha

Commentary

KO Za 1, formula position two, before DU-*314-RE · I-DA-A dubur ʾIda ‘the sanctuary of Ida’. √t-r-s ‘to shield, protect’ (Ar. turs; Lane 302); the shield-bearing Kouretes of Ida, and the Sea People Tursha, named from the same root (di Mino, Ya Diktu). Rival: Mari has Tursa as a place or ethnic name (FM V, 281). One attestation.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

KO Za 1Kophinastu-ru-sa…
Linear A Lexicon