kaṣīʾātu

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Variant: kaṣījātu
Meanings:
(an aromatic, perhaps cinnamon kassia)
Distribution: SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Etymology: Borrowed < WSem.West Semitic qṣjʿh Cf. Hebr. qṣjʿh (Jursa 1997; Zadok 1997, cf. Gk. kassia (Rosół 2013, 48f.).
6Attestations

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ka-ṣi-<<ṣi>>-ḫa-tum RAcc., 18: 6. Cited AHw. 458, CAD K 266 s.v. kaṣiṣiḫatu. new

LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šimka-ṣi-ia- ⸢tú⸣ AOAT 414/1, 73: 15. (after qunnabu). new

LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 1/2 MA.NA ka-ṣi-ia-t[um] Jursa 2009, 168 BM 61003 2 “1/2 mina k.” new

LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 1 MA.NA ⸢šim⸣ka-ṣi-ʾ-a-tum Jursa 2009, 167 BM 67001 5 “1 mina k. (worth 1 shekel of silver)”. new

LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šim⸢ka-ṣa-a-a-⸣ [tú] Jursa 2009, 151 BM 77429 20. new

LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ka-ṣi-a-tu Jursa 2009: 161 BM 63707. new

Discussion

Identification remains uncertain (Jursa 2009, 161f.). Pasquali 2014 refers to Eblaite ga-zi-(a-)tum/ga-zi, mentioned in connection with bread and flour.

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