*188-*308

terebinth oil, the Pistacia product *188 with *308 'pressed oil'

𐙓*188AB1884 entries𐙜*308*3082 entries
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Reading
buṭnu šamni
Confidence
Candidate
Root
*buṭm(-at)- ‘terebinth, pistachio’ + *šam(a)n- ‘fat (also oil)’
Kind
Commodity
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Akkadianbuṭnubuṭnu ‘terebinth’ (CAD B 358); šamnu ‘oil, fat, cream’ (CAD Š/1 321)
  • Hebrewboṭnîmboṭnîm ‘pistachio nuts’, Gen 43:11 (HALOT 121); šemen ‘oil, fat’ (HALOT 1567)
  • Ugaritic𐎌𐎎𐎐šmnšmn ‘oil; fat, butter’ (DULAT 815)

Attestations1 cited

  1. HT 123+124b*188-*308 11Pistacia/terebinth oil or related processed product(?)

Commentary

HT 123+124b .1 *188-*308 11, the first entry, before *312 1¾: terebinth oil, *188 buṭnu ‘terebinth’ (CAD B 358) with *308 šamni ‘oil’ (CAD Š/1 321), the oil modifier that follows OLIV four times on HT 123+124a. The tablet is damaged, and its preserved quantities do not sum to KU-RO 20, KI-RO 5. See *188 and *308.

On the 3D inscriptions

Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far.

Linear A Lexicon