dulbatu
REVIEW
Meanings:
(a part or product of the plane tree)
de:German: Deutsch (ein Teil oder ein Produkt der Platane)
fr:French: Français (une partie ou un produit du platane)
Distribution: OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivepattern: PuRSat
Etymology: Derived ＜ dulbu
2Attestations
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ḫuršīʾānum ša du-ul-ba-tim AKT 5, 58: 5 “a package of d.” (followed by kamāru-fish). new
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 15 du-ul-ba-tum u mu-lu-ḫu-um AKT 6a, 239: 11 “15 d. and m.-wood(?)”. see also AKT 6a 144: 27. new
Discussion
Conventionally, the term is parsed as fem. pl. of dulbu, exclusively attested in OA, whereas the sg. dulbu is not (see CAD D 172 s.v. dulbātu; AHw 175). Perhaps, it is better understood as dulbatu, pl. dulbātu, referring to a part or product of the d.-tree (cf. terinnu and terinnatu).