sugir
(2021) The Encyclopedia of Ancient History: Asia and Africa — ISBN: [1119399912, 9781119399919], published
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- The Elamite word sugir ‘king’ with its multiple orthographies, going from the syllabic variants su-un-gìr, su-un-ki-ir, zu-un-ki-ir, zu-kir to the logogram SUNKI (EŠŠANA), refers to the highest office in the Elamite political system, i.e. the king of Anzan & Susa. Next to the principal meaning of the word ‘king’, the secondary meaning of ‘sheikh, ruler of a certain group of people, or ruler of a restricted territory within the limits or on the outskirts of the Elamite kingdom’ should be considered.
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Gorris, E. (2021). sugir. In Daniel T. Potts, Ethan Harkness, Jason Neelis, Roderick J. McIntosh (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Ancient History: Asia and Africa. Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119399919.eahaa00311