kamūnu II
REVIEW
Variant: kamunû+
Meanings:
(a fungus)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
21. A fungus
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) NAM.BÚR lumun ka-mu-né-e SpTU 1, 6: 18 eBL “namburbi ritual against the evil of a fungus”.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina lumun ka-mu-ni-e l[ā ṭābi ša …] JNES 33, 347 r. 7 “because of the evil of ill-[portending] k. -fungus”. See ib. 349 no. 7; cf. ka-mu-nu-u BAM 4, 329 (Kinnier Wilson 2005, 8). new
12. Gall on tamarisks
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ka-mun bīni JMC 5, 9: 68 “k. of the tamarisk”. new
Ugu, used as a medical ingredient, see Worthington 2005, 25). The mng. “gall” is supported by explanations with gabû “alum” in comm. and lex. texts. Both tamarisk galls and alum are historically used in tanning. Like a fungus, galls grow from the bark.
Discussion
See Streck 2004, 285f.; Kinnier Wilson 2005, 8–11.