ZU

garlic (logographic abbreviation)

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Reading: ṯūm
Confidence: Candidate
Root: *ṯūm- ‘garlic (Allium sativum)’
Kind: Commodity
Language: Semitic
Rank: —

Compared forms

Akkadianšūmūšūmū ‘garlic’ (CAD Š/3 298)
Hebrewšûmîmšûmîm ‘garlic’, among the foods of Egypt, Num 11:5 (HALOT 1443)
Arabicṯūmṯūm ‘garlic, Allium sativum’ (Lane 365)
Aramaictūmātūmā ‘garlic’ (HALOT 1443)

Attestations1 cited

KH 91ZU[garlic (logographic abbreviation)

Commentary

KH 91, a ration list: GRA 1, VIN[, *316 1 13/20, ZU[ ]≈ ⅙, TU ¹⁄₁₆, NI[, *401+RU ¹⁄₁₆, *401+RA[. ZU writes ṯu and abbreviates ṯūm ‘garlic’: Arab. ṯūm, Heb. šûmîm ‘garlic’ (Num 11:5; HALOT 1443), Akk. šumû (CAD Š/3 298). In the personnel lists HT 63, HT 66 and HT 97a ZU is a single-sign abbreviation beside DI, JU and KI (Montecchi 2008, 318). Weak point: GORILA marks a break after ZU on KH 91, where SigLA sets the fraction straight after it.

On the 3D inscriptions

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