# TU-RU-SA (Tursa)

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

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

- Reading: Tursa
- Type: God or goddess; 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: Kophinas
- Lexicon: [TU-RU-SA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TU-RU-SA/index.md>)

## 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).

## Attestations

- [KO Za 1](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/KOZa1/index.md>)

## References

- Lane: Lane, Edward William (1863), An Arabic-English Lexicon. Williams and Norgate, London

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