U-*34-SI

and the gift (heading over oil and grain amounts); rivals uqīš 'he bestowed', a name

𐘉UAB1036 entries𐘟*34AB342 entries𐘤SIAB4154 entries
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Reading
u-qīš
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*ḳyš ‘to give as a present’ 1, ‘gift’ 2, ‘generous’ 3
Kind
Administrative
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Akkadianqāšuqāšu (qiāšu) ‘make a donation, dedicate, give a present’ (CAD Q 156); qīšu ‘given as a present’ (CAD Q 280)
  • AmoriteQJŠ, jaqīš ‘to donate, to present’; qīšum ‘given, gift’ (Gelb 1980, 29)

Attestations2 cited

  1. HT 140U-*34-SI
  2. HT 15U-*34-SI GRA

Commentary

HT 140 opens both oil sections with U-*34-SI, each followed by a name (*86-SI-NI, *86-SI-*118-KA) and OLE amounts, the second broken after SI (GORILA I 237); HT 15 opens the grain account with it (684, 570, KI-RO 400). Never a recipient. u-qīš ‘and the gift’, *34 = qi: u- ‘and’ with qīš, Akk. qīšu ‘given as a present’ (CAD Q 280), Amorite qīšum ‘given, gift’ (Gelb 1980, 29), from √q-y-š ‘give as a gift’ (PS *ḳyš), Akk. qāšu ‘make a donation, dedicate’ (CAD Q 156). Rivals: uqīš ‘he bestowed’, D preterite, written ū-qa-īš (CAD Q 156, mng. 3); a name, as U-MI-NA-SI in the same header slot (HT 117a, HT 28b). Weak point: *34 = qi is a proposed value.

On the 3D inscriptions

Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far.

Linear A Lexicon