Title · Semitic

I-KA

farmer, plowman (recipient)

Reading
ʾikkār
Type
Title Speculative
Language
Semitic Speculative
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
2
Lexicon
I-KA

Commentary

HT 91, heading grain and small rations of oil, olives, figs and wine, and HT 102 I-KA 5 in a grain ledger: ʾikkār ‘farmer’, Akkadian ikkaru ‘plowman, farmer’ (CAD I/J 49), Hebrew ʾikkār. Rival: the personal name Ikkaru (ORACC QPN). See the lexicon entry.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry I-KA.

  • Akkadianikkarumikkarum ‘farmer, farm laborer, plowman’ (Huehnergard 1997, glossary)
  • Hebrewאִכָּרʾikkārʾikkār (אִכָּר) ‘farmer, agricultural worker’ (HALOT 47)
  • Syriacʾakkārāʾakkārā ‘farmer, husbandman, plowman’
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