*316

bean or legume; food commodity in ration allocations

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Reading
kiššanu
Confidence
Candidate
Root
*kišan- ‘bean’
Kind
Commodity
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Akkadiankiššanu, kiššenu ‘a leguminous plant’ (CAD K 456)

Attestations5 cited

  1. KH 91]*316 1 13/20beans, legumes
  2. KH Wa 1001*316+KI DA+RO
  3. KH Wa 1002*316+KI DA+RO
  4. PH 1aDI-RA-DI-NA *316 𐝉
  5. PH 8b*316 1

Commentary

Commodity ideogram *316, six occurrences on five documents at Khania and Phaistos. On the nodules KH Wa 1001 and KH Wa 1002 the KI complement (*316+KI) gives the initial syllable /ki/. Akk. kiššanu, a leguminous plant, issued in the Alalakh ration lists (CAD K 456). On KH 91 *316 1 13/20 follows VIN (wine) in a rations list with GRA, NI (figs), *401+RU and *401+RA; on PH 1a it is allocated to named individuals (DI-RA-DI-NA, JA) with CYP. Weak point: the comparison is Akkadian alone.

On the 3D inscriptions

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

Linear A Lexicon