budû
REVIEW
Alternative Reading: pudû
Meanings:
(a sweet beverage) (?)
Distribution: LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD)
Domain: Foodstuffs; food, diet, and nutrition
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Etymology: Uncertain
1Attestations
LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [šikar]u duššupu bu-du-ú šumšu OLA 40, 160 no. 18 vi 11 eBL “sweet [bee]r which is called b.” new
Discussion
Since we never find a spelling gi-id-, the reading budû (or pudû) is more likely than giddê (cf. CAD and AHw.)