SI-PI-KI

pourings, libation portions (wine administration term)

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Reading
šipkī
Confidence
Candidate
Root
*šapāk- ‘pour’
Kind
Commodity
Language
Semitic
Rank
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Compared forms

  • Akkadian šapākuAkkadian šapāku ‘to pour, heap up’; Hebrew šāpak (שָׁפַךְ) ‘to pour out, shed’; Ugaritic špk ‘to spill, shed’ (DULAT 823)

Attestations3 cited

  1. ZA 4aSI-PI-KI 5pourings (libation portions), 5 units
  2. ZA 5b3DSI-PI-KI 1 ¹⁄₂pourings, libation portions
  3. ZA 15aSI-PI-KI 2 ¹⁄₂

Commentary

ZA 4a *28B-NU-MA-RE 13, SI-PI-KI 5; ZA 5b *28B-NU-MA-RE 20, SI-PI-KI 1½, then MA-KA-I-TA 3 (Makīt, a recipient); ZA 15a *28B-NU-MA-RE 6, SI-PI-KI 2½: beside JI-NU-MA-RE ‘wine-stewards’ on all three Zakros wine tablets, with commodity quantities. šipkī ‘pourings, libation portions’, √š-p-k ‘pour out’: Heb. šāpak ‘pour out’, Ug. špk ‘spill’, Akk. šapāku ‘heap up; pour, serve lavishly’ (HALOT 1629). Rival: the attested noun šipku, Mari SÍG ši-ip-ku ‘in bulk, loose’ and šipku ‘cereal(s)’ (GlOS 2, 257–258; CAD Š/3 71). Three attestations. See JI-NU-MA-RE.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

ZA 5a–bZakrossi-pi-ki…
Linear A Lexicon