# \*sult- 'fine flour, semolina'

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

- Author's gloss: fine flour, semolina
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/s/S25_fine_flour_semolina.md

## In Linear A

- [SU-JU-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SU-JU-TA/index.md>) (sulta): fine flour, semolina

## Notes

Processed grain commodity term. Biblical attestation is concentrated in Levitical offering prescriptions (minḥā). The Phoenician form preserves the occupation title (flour-miller).

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: siltu (HALOT 758)
- Eblaitic: cf. za-la-tum /Salt, sulta/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 198) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Phoenician: slt; [s]lt ḥt[m], CIS i 145.1/2 (Krahmalkov 345) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: sōlet (HALOT 758; Ex 29:2, Lev 2:1) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: sōltā (HALOT 758)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: sult (HALOT 758)

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