Title · Semitic

RO-E

herdsman, shepherd (title on a label)

Reading
rōʿē
Type
Title Speculative
Language
Semitic Speculative
Sites
Phaistos
Attestations
1
Lexicon
RO-E

Commentary

Rōʿē ‘herdsman’, the only group on the PH 24 label: Heb. rōʿeh, Ug. rʿy ‘shepherd’ (DULAT 716).

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry RO-E.

  • Hebrewrōʿehrōʿeh ‘shepherd’
  • Ugaritic𐎗𐎓𐎊rʿyrʿy ‘shepherd’, in ration lists: rʿym tlt ddm ‘shepherds: three cauldronsful (of flour)’ (DULAT 716)
Linear A Lexicon