A-SI-JA-KA

fine flour, semolina

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Reading
šawīqu
Confidence
Candidate
Root
*šawīḳ- ‘fine flour’
Kind
Commodity
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Akkadianšawīqušawīqu ‘fine flour, semolina’
  • Arabicsawīqsawīq ‘parched barley flour’

Attestations2 cited

  1. HT 28aA-SI-JA-KAfine flour, the account heading, as on HT28b
  2. HT 28bA-SI-JA-KA U-MI-NA-SIfine flour, semolina (account heading)

Commentary

HT 28a: A-SI-JA-KA heads a list of grain and oil, GRA+QE 5, OLE+U 2, OLE+KI ½, OLE+MI 1, OLE+TU, VIN 3, where a flour category fits a commodity allocation; HT 28b writes it again. Skeleton syk against šwq: š is written s and ḳ is written k. Arabic sawīq ‘parched barley meal’ keeps the trade commodity.

On the 3D inscriptions

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

Linear A Lexicon