# \*kVṯ- 'flask, jar (a container and a measure)'

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

- Author's gloss: flask, jar; a measure
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/k/3866_flask_jar_a_container_and_a_measure.md

## In Linear A

- [PI-KU-ZU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PI-KU-ZU/index.md>) (bi-kuṯ): in flasks (preposition bi- + kuṯ 'flask, jar'; heading of an oil section)

## Notes

DULAT 466 compares Akkadian kišu B (CAD K 463).

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: kišu B, EA: 1 ki-iš kaspi, EA 14 i 57 (CAD K 463) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: kṯ, pl. kṯt, du. kṯm (DULAT 466) (gloss withheld)

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