# SI-KI-RA (Śikira)

> personal name, 'Hired' (√ś-k-r 'to hire'); rival šēkār 'strong drink'

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

- Reading: Śikira
- 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: [SI-KI-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-KI-RA/index.md>)

## Commentary

HT 8a, a recipient of KI-oil ¼ between QA-*310-I and KI-RE-TA-NA, in the list with TE-*301 Tēnā 'Fig'. Mari Sa-ki-rum and the woman's name Sa-ki-ra, under *škr 'hire, reward, favor' (Huffmon, APNM 245–46). Rival: šēkār 'strong drink'. A-SI-KI-RA (KH 20) is the same name with the article ha-. One witness.

## Attestations

- [HT 8a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT8a/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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