# PA₃-\*188 (bu-buṭnu)

> terebinth (PA₃ a phonetic complement for the b-onset)

A Linear A word in the Linear A Lexicon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: bu-buṭnu
- Confidence: Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Root: [\*buṭm(-at)-](<https://linear-a.ai/roots/3201/index.md>) 'terebinth, pistachio'
- Kind: Commodity
- Language: Semitic
- Signs: PA₃ (pa₃) · \*188

## Compared forms

- Eblaite: GIŠ.EŠ₁₁ = buₓ-du-du buṭutt 'pistachio' (GlOS 1, 131)

## Attestations

- [HT 8b](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT8b/index.md>): PA₃-\*188 2 — terebinth (PA₃ a phonetic complement for the b-onset)

## Commentary

HT 8b, Villa Magazine: PA₃-*188 2, PA₃ ba as a phonetic complement giving the b of buṭnu 'terebinth' (see *188). Rival: HT 8b .3 5 · PA₃ · *188 2, PA₃ a transaction sign opening the second section and *188 the item, as su-pu₂ *188 1 on b.1 (Schrijver 2014, 7). See *188 and PA₃-KA-RA-TI.

## Same root

- [\*188](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*188/index.md>) (buṭnu)
- [\*188-\*308](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*188-*308/index.md>) (buṭnu šamni)

## References

- Reading: di Mino; Schrijver 2014
- GlOS 1: Sanmartín, Joaquín (2019), A Glossary of Old Syrian, Volume 1: ʔ – ḳ. Languages of the Ancient Near East 8/1,Eisenbrauns (Pennsylvania State University Press), University Park
- Schrijver, Peter (2014), Fractions and food rations in Linear A. Kadmos,53 (1–2),Walter de Gruyter,1–44

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