VIR+*313

a counted class of men, VIR qualified by *313

𐛩*570*5701 entries
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Reading
none proposed
Confidence
Confirmed
Root
—
Kind
Personnel
Language
Logogram · Logograms
Rank
#17 of the top 100

Compared forms

  • Akkadianraqquraqqu (rāqu) "oil presser, perfume maker" (CAD R 173)
  • Hebrewרֹקֵחַrōqēaḥrōqēaḥ (רֹקֵחַ) "perfumer, apothecary" (BDB 955); riqḥāh "spice mixture"
  • Ugaritic𐎗𐎖𐎈rqḥrqḥ (I) "perfumer, druggist" (DULAT 734); Ebla /rāqihum/, ra-gi-um (VE 892, apud DULAT 734)

Attestations5 cited

  1. HT 893DVIR+*313a 13
  2. HT 100VIR+*313a 16personnel category *313a
  3. HT 94aVIR+*313b 18
  4. HT 127bVIR+*313c 24men, a personnel class, 24
  5. KH 7aE-NA-SI VIR+*313b 10men of the *313b class, 10

Commentary

HT 89, HT 94a, HT 100, HT 127b and KH 7a: VIR marks a human referent, and the counts make VIR+*313 a class of men: on HT 89 VIR+*313a 13 stands in the total 23+22+24+13+5, KU-RO 87, and on HT 100 VIR+*313a 16 is counted in KU-RO 97. Three palaeographic variants (a, b, c) stand in comparable lists. No phonetic complement fixes *313. Rival: *rāqiḥū ‘perfumers’, √r-q-ḥ: Ug. rqḥ ‘perfumer’ (DULAT 734), Akk. raqqu ‘oil presser, perfume maker’ (CAD R 173), Heb. rōqēaḥ ‘ointment-mixer’ (HALOT 1290), which rests on co-occurrence with aromatics. CYP and the other aromatics are not confined to these tablets, and on HT 89 CYP follows the personnel total, in a separate section.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

HT 89Haghia TriadaVIR+*313a…
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