# \*sapp- 'kind of vessel'

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: bowl, basin, cup
- SED semet 268
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/s/311_kind_of_vessel.md

## In Linear A

- [SU-PU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SU-PU/index.md>) (sapu): bowl, basin (the vessel named on HT31)
- [SU-PU₂-\*188](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SU-PU~E2~82~82-*188/index.md>) (sapu buṭni): bowl of terebinth (pistachio) nuts (commodity measured in bowl-units)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: sappu A (CAD S 166) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Phoenician: sp, with article hsp (Krahmalkov 347; T 231) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: sap (HALOT 762) (gloss withheld)
- Punic: Neo-Punic spm (Krahmalkov 347; T 231) (gloss withheld)
- Ugaritic: sp (HALOT 762) (gloss withheld)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.