GRA+KU

kunāšu 'emmer wheat' (logographic abbreviation)

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Reading
none proposed
Confidence
Candidate
Root
*kunaṯ- ‘emmer’
Kind
Commodity
Language
Semitic
Rank
#60 of the top 100

Compared forms

  • Ugariticpolyglot [ÁŠ = ku-na]-šu = ku-sú-mu ‘emmer’ (GlOS 1, 323)

Attestations3 cited

  1. HT 61MI-TI GRA+KU 6
  2. HT 128aWA-TU-MA-RE GRA+KU 12
  3. HT 128bGRA+KU 6

Commentary

GRA with the KU adjunct, 7 tokens on three Haghia Triada tablets: HT 61 MI-TI · GRA+KU 6, HT 128a WA-TU-MA-RE GRA+KU 12 and twice more, beside GRA+PA as a distinct grain subtype, and HT 128b. KU, the onset of kunāšu ‘emmer’ (CAD K 536), written in full as KU-NI-SU, Nuzi ku-ni-šu. The Ugarit polyglot gives Akkadian ku-na]-šu beside Hurrian ut-te and Ugaritic ku-sú-mu (GlOS 1, 323). See KU-NI-SU.

On the 3D inscriptions

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

Linear A Lexicon