# \*ṯulp- 'stalk, reed' 1, 'reed flute' 2

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

- Author's gloss: stalk, reed; flute
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%E1%B9%AF/3787_stalk_reed_1_reed_flute_2.md

## In Linear A

- [ZU-JU-PU₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/ZU-JU-PU~E2~82~82/index.md>) (ṯulpu): flute; here the flute-player, the trade of TU-QE-NU Tuqnu; rival Hurrian Tulbiya

## Notes

DULAT 892 compares Akk. šulpu. Not 360 *ŝab- 'reed flute' nor 2732 *ḥVll- 'play (flute)'.

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: šulpu A 1, 2 (CAD Š/3 256; AHw 1269); ša šulpi (CAD Š/3 257) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: ṯlb 2: b knr w b ṯlb (KTU 1.108:4; DULAT 892) (gloss withheld)

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