RI-RU-MA

personal name, 'Pomegranate' (Ug. lrmn); recipient of pigs

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Reading
Lirumā
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*rummān- ‘pomegranate’
Kind
Personal name
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Ugaritic𐎍𐎗𐎎𐎐lrmnlrmn ‘pomegranate’, pl. lrmnm (DULAT 499)
  • Akkadianlurmûlurmû ‘pomegranate’, MA lurimā’u lu-ri-ma-e, lurimtu EA 25 (CAD L 255 f.); PN Lu-ri-in-di-ya (HALOT 1242)
  • Hebrewrimmônrimmôn ‘pomegranate’; PN Rimmon, 2 Sam 4:2 (HALOT 1241 f.)

Attestations1 cited

  1. HT 1183DRI-RU-MA 10personal name, 'Pomegranate' (Ug. lrmn); recipient of pigs

Commentary

HT 118 .4 RI-RU-MA 10, a recipient of pigs after MA-DI, QA-QA-RU and A-RI-SU (GORILA I 200 f.), all three signs whole. Ugaritic lrmn ‘pomegranate’ (DULAT 499); Middle Assyrian lurimāʾu, lu-ri-ma-e (CAD L 255 f.). RI writes l; the final n is unwritten. A man’s name: Hebrew Rimmon (2 Sam 4:2), Akkadian Lu-ri-in-di-ya (HALOT 1242). Cf. PH(?)31b [·]-RU-MA-TI, Akkadian lurimtu. One witness.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

HT 118Haghia Triada…ri-ru-ma
Linear A Lexicon