MI+*301

mina, portion (weight/measure unit)

𐛝MI+*301*5531 entries
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Reading
minā
Confidence
Probable
Root
*mVnVw- ~ *ʾVmVn- ‘count’ 1, ‘test, try’ 2, ‘be certain…’
Kind
Administrative
Language
Semitic
Rank
#63 of the top 100

Compared forms

  • Ugaritic𐎎𐎐mnmn ‘mina’ (GlOS 2, 45)
  • Egyptiangroup writing man-nu₂ ‘mina’, a Semitic loan (GlOS 2, 45, after Hoch, SWET 127, no. 162)

Attestations2 cited

  1. KH Wc 20643DMI+*301mina, portion
  2. KH Wc 2099MI+*301mina, portion (weight unit)

Commentary

KH Wc 2064 and KH Wc 2099, two Khania roundels, each with the ligature MI+*301 alone. minā ‘mina, portion’: Heb. māneh ‘mina’ (HALOT 599), Akk. manû ‘mina’ (CAD M/1 219), from manû ‘to count’ (CAD M/1 221), Ug. mn ‘mina’ (GlOS 2, 45). A weight label on sealed administrative roundels. Two attestations. See MI-NU-TE.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

KH Wc 2064KhaniaMI+*301
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