Title · Semitic

*47-KU-NA

prefect, administrator (heading of a wine issue); rivals mōgun- 'regalement, gift', Dagan

Reading
sōkina
Type
Title Speculative
Language
Semitic Speculative
Sites
Zakros
Attestations
1
Lexicon
*47-KU-NA

Commentary

ZA 15a: heads a wine issue. sōkina ‘prefect’ with *47 = so, as the Canaanite gloss su₂-ki-na (EA 362). Rivals: mōgun- ‘regalement’ (mo), Dagan (do).

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry *47-KU-NA.

  • Canaanitesu₂-ki-nasu₂-ki-na ‘prefect’, gloss in EA 362 (ORACC aemw/amarna P270873)
  • Ugaritic𐎝𐎋𐎐śknśkn ‘prefect, governor; manager, administrator’ (DULAT 746)
  • Akkadiansākinusākinu ‘a high official’, Alalakh, Boğazköy, Ras Shamra (CAD S 76)
  • Hebrewsōkēnsōkēn ‘steward’ (HALOT 755)
Linear A Lexicon