Title · Semitic

SA-RU

king, prince (administrative title/category)

Reading
šarru
Type
Title Candidate
Language
Semitic Candidate
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
6
Lexicon
SA-RU

Commentary

Reading from the lexicon (di Mino).

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry SA-RU.

  • Akkadianšarrušarru ‘king’
  • Ugaritic𐎒𐎗𐎐srnsrn ‘prince’ (DULAT 759)
  • Hebrewsǝrānīmsǝrānīm ‘city-princes’ (KB 727); śar ‘prince, chief’ belongs with Akkadian šarru
  • Arabicsarw-sarw- ‘chief, prince’; sarīr- ‘royal dignity’ (BK I 1076)
Linear A Lexicon