# \*308 (šamnu) > pressed oil, oil derivative—commodity modifier indicating oil extraction from base commodity A Linear A word in the Linear A Lexicon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier. - Reading: šamnu - Confidence: Probable. Fits the word’s contexts and has a close external comparison, without an independent control. - Root: [\*šam(a)n-]() 'fat (also oil)' - Kind: Commodity - Language: Semitic - Signs: \*308 - Rank: #45 of the top 100 ## Compared forms - Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎎𐎐 *šmn* — šmn 'oil; fat, butter' (DULAT 815) - Hebrew: *šemen* — šemen 'oil, fat' (HALOT 1567) - Akkadian: *šamnu* — šamnu 'oil, fat, cream' (CAD Š/1 321) - Phoenician: 𐤔𐤌𐤍 *šmn* — šmn 'oil' (Krahmalkov 470) ## Attestations - [HT 123+124a](): \*308 8 ¹⁄₄ — pressed oil, oil derivative - [HT 123+124b](): \*188-\*308 11 - [HT 23a](): \*308 ≈ ¹⁄₆ — pressed oil, oil derivative - [HT 32](): SA-RA₂ \*308 ¹⁄₂ - [HT 35](): \*308 ¹⁄₃ - [HT 26b](): I-\*308 2 - [HT Zf 167](): \*308 - [KH 12](): \*308 ¹⁄₂ - [KH 85](): \*308 - [ARKH 7](): \*308 ¹⁄₅ ## Commentary Oil-derivative modifier, on the tablets of HT, KH and ARKH always among oil and liquid commodities (OLE+X, CYP, VIN); on the metal object HT Zf 167 it stands alone. HT 123+124a sets it after OLIV four times: 8¼ of 31, 8¾ of 31½ and 4¼ of 15 give 26.6–28.3%, and the fraction after OLIV 16, 4 […], is damaged. šamnu 'oil', Akk. šamnu 'oil, fat, cream' (CAD Š/1 321), Heb. šemen (HALOT 1567). Weak point: the commodity function is firmer than the word, and OLE also carries šamnu. ## Same root - [OLE]() - [A-SA-MU-NE]() (ʾAšmūn) - [\*188-\*308]() (buṭnu šamni) ## References - Reading: di Mino; CAD Š/1; HALOT - Krahmalkov: Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000), A Phoenician-Punic Dictionary. Peeters (Leuven) - HALOT: Koehler, Ludwig; Baumgartner, Walter; Stamm, Johann Jakob; Richardson, M. E. J. (trans. and ed.) (1994), The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, vols. I–IV. E. J. Brill, Leiden · New York · Köln - DULAT: del Olmo Lete, Gregorio; Sanmartín, Joaquín (2015), A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition. Brill, Leiden/Boston (Handbook of Oriental Studies 1/112); Third Revised Edition, tr. and ed. Wilfred G.E. Watson; 2 parts - CAD Š/1: Oriental Institute (Erica Reiner, ed.) (1989), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. 17, Š, part 1. The Oriental Institute, Chicago --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*308/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.