DI
honey, fruit syrup—commodity abbreviation of *dibšu; rival dblt 'fig cake'. In personnel lists a separate single-sign abbreviation
Compared forms
- Akkadiandišpudišpu ‘honey’ (CAD D 161–63); delivered with oil, EA 55:12
- Hebrewדְּבַשׁdǝbašדְּבַשׁ dǝbaš ‘honey’; Deut 32:13–14 beside חֶמְאַת בָּקָר (cf. DI and E on HT12)
- Arabicdibsdibs ‘grape molasses’
- Ugaritic (rival)dbltdblt ‘dried fig, fig cake’ (DULAT 261), in commodity lists by the quarter (KTU 4.751:10; 4.60:5) beside nbt ‘honey’ (DULAT 610; 4.14, 4.751); Hebrew dǝbēlâ
Attestations9 cited
Commentary
Two uses, all at Haghia Triada (GORILA I 7, 37, 61, 121, 123, 133, 159, 181, 209). Commodity: HT 20 .3 QE-KU-RE · DI ½ (logographic, a divisible product: Montecchi 2008, 318); HT 32 SU-RE 108, DI 65 and OLE+NE RE 104, DI 53 (each after a larger figure, as a sub-entry); OLE+DI 12× on HT 12, 14, 28a, 28b, 50b, 90, 116a, 129, also OLE+QE+DI (HT 121), DI+QE (HT 101); HT 111a DI 14[ before NI. Personnel or recipient, whole numbers in name lists, a single-sign abbreviation like PA, KA, JU, KI (Montecchi 2008, 318): HT 97a .4 DI 4 under VIR+KA; HT 122b .4 DI 2 within KU-RO 65; HT 66 DI 2 after VIR; HT 85b DI 1; HT 3 DI 2; HT 69 DI 8. dibšu applies to the commodity only; rival Ug. dblt ‘fig cake’. MA-DI beside DI on 4 tablets. Broken: HT 122a ]-DI, HT 128a DỊ[, HT 62+73 DI[, HT 3 .5 DỊ[, HT 69 .3 ]DI 12[. One consonant, /d/; all witnesses at HT.