musukkannu
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Variant: mesukkannu, meskannu, maskannu, masmakannu, usukkannu, sukkannu
Meanings:
(a tree and its wood, probably) rosewood (Dalbergia sissoo), lit. "Magan-tree"
de:German: Deutsch (ein Baum und sein Holz, vermutlich) Palisander, wörtlich „Magan-Baum“
fr:French: Français (un arbre et son bois, probablement du) palissandre, littéralement « arbre Magan »
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Logogram: giš
MES.MÁ.GAN.NA
Etymology: Borrowed ＜ Sum.Sumerian mes-má-gan-na (mes magana) (?)
1Attestations
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) ušēpišma paššūr gišMES.MÁ.⸢KAN iṣṣi⸣ dārê eš[marâ?] ebbu ušalbišma RINAP 5/3, 203: 6 RINAP “I had an offering table made of Magan-wood, the lasting wood and had (it) clad with shiny si[lver alloy(?)]”.
Discussion
See for the tree also Moorey 1994, 352f. (with additional literature). Accordingly, Darius' I foundation charter suggests a correspondence between musukkannu and Old Persion yakā, which in turn has been identified with Dalbergia sissoo (Roxburgh).