darīku
REVIEW
Meanings:
a container; pressed dates
Distribution: NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
2Attestations
NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) bibbī ša [kis]allu kupru kaprū […] ša da-ri-ki šaknat ⸢rēḫtu⸣ ša bēt napṭarte raṣip SAA 19, 60: 12 SAAo “the drainage pipes of the courtyard are covered with bitumen. The … for the d. -container is installed. The rest of the quarter is built.” Luukko in SAA 19 translates “basin”.
LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) da-ri-ku CT 56, 235: 8. cf. CT 55, 103.
Discussion
The doubts of Abraham/Sokoloff 2011, 29 about the Aramaic etymology are unjustified. The meaning “to press” is attested in Mandaic as well as Biblical and Middle Hebrew, the word has no Akkadian Etymology, and it is only attested in late texts. All this favors an Aramaic origin (see Streck 2011a, 419).