# SA-MA-RO (Samarō)

> Samarō, personal name, 'guard'

A name in the Linear A onomasticon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: Samarō
- Type: Personal name; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Sites: Haghia Triada
- Lexicon: [SA-MA-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-MA-RO/index.md>)

## Commentary

HT88 KI-RO roster. √š-m-r 'guard', the Amorite name element samar (Huffmon 1965, 251). Rival: Egyptian smr 'courtier'.

## Attestations

- [HT 88](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT88/index.md>)

## References

- APNM: Huffmon, Herbert B. (1965), Amorite Personal Names in the Mari Texts: A Structural and Lexical Study. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore

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