KO-RU

kor (dry measure); rival 'ram'

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Reading
kōr
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*kurr- ‘kor (large dry measure)’
Kind
Commodity
Language
Semitic
Rank
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Compared forms

  • Akkadiankurrukurru A ‘a measure of capacity’ (CAD K 564)
  • Hebrewkōrkōr ‘kor, dry or liquid measure’, šəlōšîm kōr sōlet ‘thirty kor of fine flour’ (1 Kgs 5:2; HALOT 496); kar ‘ram’ (HALOT 496), the rival

Attestations1 cited

  1. HT 23aKO-RU 1kor (dry measure)

Commentary

HT 23a .5 · KO-RU 1, the last entry of side a after SI+ME 10, in a list of commodities with quantities (GORILA I 41). Akkadian kurru A ‘a measure of capacity’ (CAD K 564), Hebrew kōr (HALOT 496; 1 Kgs 5:2). Rival: Hebrew kar ‘ram’ (HALOT 496; Isa 16:1). One witness.

On the 3D inscriptions

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

Linear A Lexicon