DA-ME

blood (ritual allocation category); rival dam 'kinfolk'

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Reading
damu
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*dam-, *ʾa-dam- ‘blood’
Kind
Administrative
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Ugaritic𐎄𐎎dmdm ‘blood’ (Huehnergard 2012, glossary)
  • Hebrewdāmdām ‘blood’
  • Akkadiandamudamu ‘blood’ (CAD D 75)

Attestations4 cited

  1. HT 86a3DDA-ME GRA+B 20blood (ritual allocation category)
  2. HT 95a3DDA-ME 10blood (ritual allocation category)
  3. HT 95b3DDA-ME 10blood (ritual allocation category)
  4. HT 120DA-ME GRA+K+L 74blood (ritual allocation category)

Commentary

HT 95a/b and HT 86a: DA-ME with MI-NU-TE, always together, in the set SA-RU, KU-NI-SU, DI-DE-RU, QE-RA₂-U (QA-RA₂-WA on HT 86a). HT 120: DA-ME GRA+K+L 74, GRA+PA 62 J A, beside DA-U-*49, KI-RE-TA-NA and PA-I-TO. Ug. dm (DULAT 270), Heb. dām (HALOT 224), Akk. damu ‘blood’ (CAD D 75), which DA-ME spells: a ritual category drawing grain. Rival: Old Syrian dam ‘kinfolk’ (GlOS 1, 147), a kin group drawing grain. Four attestations, all Haghia Triada. See *118-MI.

On the 3D inscriptions2 inscriptions

HT 95a–bHaghia Triada2×da-me…da-me…HT 86aHaghia Triadada-me…
Linear A Lexicon