# SU-JU-TA (sulta)

> fine flour, semolina

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

- Reading: sulta
- Confidence: Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Root: [\*sult-](<https://linear-a.ai/roots/S25/index.md>) 'fine flour, semolina'
- Kind: Commodity
- Language: Semitic
- Signs: SU (su) · JU (ju) · TA (ta)

## Compared forms

- Hebrew: *sōlet* — sōlet 'fine flour, semolina' (Lev 2:1)
- Eblaite: *za-la-tum* — za-la-tum 'finely ground wheat flour' (GlOS 2, 198)
- Egyptian: group writing ṯu-ru₂-ta 'fine flour' (GlOS 2, 198, after Hoch, SWET 369f., no. 550)

## Attestations

- [KN 22a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/KN22a/index.md>): SU-JU-TA 20

## Commentary

KN 22a, a lame (a short thin tablet): SU-JU-TA 20 / KA-JE. sulta 'fine flour', JU writing lu, su-lu-ta, the skeleton s-l-t: Heb. sōlet 'finely milled flour' (HALOT 759), the flour of the offering (Lev 2:1; Exod 29:2). One attestation.

## References

- Reading: di Mino; HALOT; GlOS 2
- HALOT: Koehler, Ludwig; Baumgartner, Walter; Stamm, Johann Jakob; Richardson, M. E. J. (trans. and ed.) (1994), The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, vols. I–IV. E. J. Brill, Leiden · New York · Köln
- GlOS 2: Sanmartín, Joaquín (2024), A Glossary of Old Syrian, Volume 2: l – z. Languages of the Ancient Near East 8/2,Eisenbrauns (Pennsylvania State University Press), University Park

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