SU-PU

bowl, basin (the vessel named on HT31)

First proposed by Cyrus H. Gordon, Evidence for the Minoan Language (1966), §115, §139.

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Reading: sapu
Confidence: Confirmed
Root: *sapp- ‘kind of vessel’
Kind: Vessel
Language: Semitic
Rank: #10 of the top 100

Compared forms

Hebrewסַףsapsap (סַף) ‘basin, goblet, bowl’ (HALOT 762)
Ugaritic𐎒𐎔spsp ‘bowl’ (DULAT 753)
Phoenician𐤎𐤐spsp ‘bowl’ (DULAT 753)
Old SyrianMari sà-ap-pu sapp ‘a type of bowl’ (GlOS 2, 203)

Attestations1 cited

HT 31 3D*415-VS-SU-PU 10bowl, basin

Commentary

On HT 31, the vessel tablet, the word is written into a vessel sign: *415-VS-SU-PU 10, beside *416-VS-KA-RO-PA₃ 10 (the jar, Akkadian karpu) and *402-VS-QA-PA₃ 10. sapu ‘bowl, basin’: Heb. sap (HALOT 762), Ug. and Ph. sp ‘bowl’ (DULAT 753), Mari sà-ap-pu (GlOS 2, 203); a bowl, which also keeps HT 31's two vessels distinct. See SU-PU₂-*188.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

HT 31Haghia Triada…su-pu