KU-NI-SU

emmer (Akkadian loan)

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Reading
kunīšu
Confidence
Probable
Root
*kunaṯ- ‘emmer’
Kind
Commodity
Language
Semitic
Rank
#5 of the top 100

Compared forms

  • Akkadiankunāšu (kunīšu, kunšu) ‘emmer’ (CAD K 536); Nuzi ku-ni-šu, ku-ni-ši (HSS 14 163:1ff.; HSS 16 114:1; JEN 427:9; CAD K 537); Boğazköy ZÍD ku-ni-ši ‘emmer flour’ (AfO 16 48:21)
  • Ugariticpolyglot [ÁŠ = ku-na]-šu = Hurrian ut-te = Ugaritic ku-sú-mu (GlOS 1, 323)
  • Syrian Aramaickunnātā (PS *kunaṯ-)

Attestations5 cited

  1. HT 10aKU-NI-SUemmer (heading)
  2. HT 86a3DKU-NI-SU GRA+K+L 20emmer
  3. HT 86bKU-NI-SU GRA+K+L 20emmer
  4. HT 95a3DKU-NI-SU 10emmer
  5. HT 95b3DKU-NI-SU 10emmer

Commentary

HT 10a KU-NI-SU · heads a list of issues with no commodity logogram (SA-MA 4, DA-RE 16½, *305-RU 2½, DA-RI-DA 8, ME-ZA 3); HT 86a/b A-KA-RU · KU-NI-SU GRA+K+L 20, SA-RU 20, DI-DE-RU 20, QA-RA₂-WA 10, the grain sign after the word; HT 95a/b the same set with DA-ME, MI-NU-TE and QE-RA₂-U. kunīšu ‘emmer’, an Akkadian loan (Gordon 1966, §116): CAD K 536 lists kunīšu beside kunāšu, and Nuzi writes ku-ni-šu in grain issues, 1 imēr ku-ni-šu ana PN (HSS 14 163:1; CAD K 537). S writes the Akkadian š of PS *kunaṯ-, and the Ugarit polyglot sets [ku-na]-šu beside Ugaritic ku-sú-mu (GlOS 1, 323). GRA+KU abbreviates the word, and MI-NU-TE minūtu stands in the same set. Weak point: on HT 95a/b the word stands in a fixed set whose DA-ME and SA-RU take commodities elsewhere, as recipients do. Five attestations. See GRA+KU.

On the 3D inscriptions2 inscriptions

HT 95a–bHaghia Triada2×…ku-ni-su…ku-ni-suHT 86aHaghia Triadaku-ni-su……
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