samīdu II
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Variant: simīdu, asmīdu
Meanings:
(an aromatic plant) (?)
de:German: Deutsch (eine aromatische Pflanze) (?)
fr:French: Français (une plante aromatique) (?)
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), MA onward(s)MA onward(s): Middle Assyrian onwards (ca. 1500 BCE onwards), MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Logogram: ú
KUR.ZI
(?), ú
KUR.ZI
sar (?)
1Parts of the plant
MB-Bo.MB-Bo.: Middle Babylonian texts from Boğazköy/Hattuša (ca. 1500–1200 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [NUMUN] ú sa-mì-di KBo. 36, 27: 5 “[seed] of s.” among ritual ingredients. new
Discussion
For the likely correspondence of samīdu and asmīdu in Marduk-apla-iddina’s (II) garden (8th century BC) as well as KADP 31: 16, see Böck 2021, 11.