- Reading
- riqqu
- Confidence
- Candidate
- Root
- *rVḳVḥ- ‘to mix aromatics, compound ointment’ 1…
- Kind
- Commodity
- Language
- Semitic
- Rank
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Compared forms
- Akkadianriqquriqqu ‘aromatic plant, aromatics’ (CAD R 368)
- Ugaritic𐎗𐎖𐎈rqḥrqḥ (II) ‘perfume, ointment’ (DULAT 735)
- Hebrewreqaḥreqaḥ ‘spice mixture, spices’ (HALOT 1290)
- Phoenician𐤓𐤒𐤇rqḥrqḥ ‘ointment, perfume, spice’ (Krahmalkov 447)
Attestations4 cited
Commentary
OLE with the complement RI, on HT 23a, HT 35, HT 60 and KH 82, at Haghia Triada and Khania; myrrh stands on three of the four tablets. riqqu ‘aromatic substance’ (CAD R 371), RI its first syllable. On HT 23a it stands with OLE+NE and OLE+TU, all at ≈⅙. The root is that of *401 RUQQÛ: Akk. rīqu, riqqu, Ebla GIŠ.NAGA = rí-ga-tum riqaḥt ‘spiced, oily ointment’ and Ug. rqḥ ‘perfume, ointment’ stand under one root |r-ḳ-ħ| (GlOS 2, 165).
On the 3D inscriptions
Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far.