OLE+KI

genuine, standard-grade oil (kīnu)

𐜓OLE+KI*6181 entries
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Reading
kīnu
Confidence
Candidate
Root
*kwn- ‘to be firm, to be established, to exist’
Kind
Commodity
Language
Semitic
Rank
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Compared forms

  • Akkadiankīnukīnu ‘true, reliable, just, honest’ (CAD K 389)
  • Hebrewkēnkēn ‘correct, right, accurate’ (HALOT 482)
  • Ugaritic𐎋𐎐knkn ‘fixed, immutable; complete, in order’ (DULAT 443)
  • AmoriteKWN ‘be firm’: kīnum (Gelb AS 21, 23)

Attestations17 cited

  1. HT 8aJE-DI OLE+KI 10
  2. HT 183DOLE+KI 2standard oil (logogram)
  3. HT 28aOLE+KI ¹⁄₂
  4. HT 42+59]-TA SI+SE TE OLE+KI 8genuine oil (standard grade). 8 + 8 + ³⁄₄ units across three sections
  5. HT 44aOLE+KI 3olive oil subtype KI
  6. HT 50aOLE+KI ¹⁄₄
  7. HT 50bOLE+KI
  8. HT 56bOLE+KI 20

Commentary

OLE with the KI adjunct marks an oil subtype, 21 tokens on 17 documents at Haghia Triada, Tylissos and Zakros. kīnu ‘true, standard’: Akk. kīnu ‘true, reliable, correct, normal, legitimate’ (CAD K 389), Heb. kēn ‘correct, right’ (HALOT 482). Cf. KI-NU (ARKH 3a), read Kīnu, the full word or a personal name. Weak point: no Semitic text names a ‘genuine’ oil.

On the 3D inscriptions2 inscriptions

HT 18Haghia Triada…OLE+KITY 3bTylissosOLE+KI
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