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kiššanu

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Variant: kiššenu, keššenu, kišinnu

Meanings:

vetch (?)

Wicke (?)

vesce (?)

Distribution: , ,

Grammar:

pos:

Logogram: GÚ.NÍG.ÀR.RA

Etymology: Uncertain Cf. designations of vetch in different dialects such as kṓšne in Syr. Arab. or kišne in Aleppo next to other terms like kirsanni and by-forms (in classical Arabic scientific literature, these designations seem to have been confused frequently) as cited in Stol 1985, 130. The origin of the word, however, remains uncertain.

1Attestations

GÚ.NÍG.ÀR.RASBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) eṣemti amēlūti ilta ša tibni GÚ.NÍG.⸢ÀR⸣.RA ..[. uḫūla] qarnāna sīkāti ina kal[l]i?* gulgulli amēlūti [...] Sakikkû XXIX 34′ “‘human bone’ (alias for ‘shepherds staff’-plant), chopped straw, vetch(?), ..[.] (horned) [alka]li-plant, (their) pounded (mass) [you ...] in the braincase(?) of a human skull”. Corresponds to 76′–80′ in Heeßel 2000. For the reading see Schmidtchen 2025, 178. ^new

Discussion

For the likely identification with the Common vetch (Vicia sativa), see Stol 1985, 130–135 with further literature. The identification is, beside contextual and graphical arguments, mainly based on etymological grounds (s.a.).

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