# \*333-SA-MU (biśāmu)

> Balsam, perfume—aromatic personal name (cf. Basemath) on a metal ornament

A name in the Linear A onomasticon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: biśāmu
- Type: Personal name; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Sites: Mokhlos
- Lexicon: [\*333-SA-MU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*333-SA-MU/index.md>)

## Commentary

Heb. bōśem (HALOT 163); Ar. bašām (Lane 209); *333 = bi a working value.

## Attestations

- [MO Zf 1](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/MOZf1/index.md>)

## References

- 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
- Lane: Lane, Edward William (1863), An Arabic-English Lexicon. Williams and Norgate, London

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