God or goddess · Semitic

TU-RU-SA

Shield, Protector (invoked in formula position two); the name Tursha

Reading
Tursa
Type
God or goddess Speculative
Language
Semitic Speculative
Sites
Kophinas
Attestations
1
Lexicon
TU-RU-SA

Commentary

KO Za 1, invoked in formula position two, before DU-*314-RE · I-DA-A. √t-r-s ‘to shield’ (Ar. turs; Lane 302).

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry TU-RU-SA.

  • Arabicتُرْسtursتُرْس turs ‘shield’, tatarrasa ‘he shielded himself’ (Lane 302)
  • Aramaicתְּרִיסָאtᵉrîsāתְּרִיסָא tᵉrîsā ‘shield’, rendering Hebrew māgēn (Tg. Ps 3:4) and ṣinnāh (Tg. Ps 5:13) (Jastrow 1698)
  • Egyptiantwršꜣ Tursha, a Sea People, under Merneptah and at Medinet Habu (di Mino, Ya Diktu)
Linear A Lexicon