buqqumtu
DISDis legomenon: this word is attested only twiceNEWNot documented in AHw or CADREVIEW
Meanings:
plucked wool or hair (?)
de:German: Deutsch ausgezupfte Wolle oder Haare (?)
Distribution: LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE)
Domain: Animal products; materia magica, medica et sacra
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivegender: fem.Feminineroot: bqmIIIpattern: PuRRuStD-stem verbal adjective; as a noun expressing verbal content or its object or result
Etymology: Derived ＜ baqāmu
2Attestations
LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) 1/2 GÍN bu-qu-ma-tum (‖ bu-qu-mat-tum) Fs. Lambert, 149 no. 1: 2 “1/2 shekel of plucked wool(?)”. In recipe for making a salve to improve a red sore.
LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) 2 girê bu-qu-ma-tum Fs. Lambert, 151 BM 132097 r. 4 “2 carat of plucked wool(?)”. In eye recipe.
Discussion
Finkel 2000, 151 suggests a plant name. See SAD B 45.