daprānu
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Variant: daparānu, duprānu
Meanings:
(a species of juniper)
de:German: Deutsch (eine Wacholderart)
fr:French: Français (une espèce de genévrier)
Distribution: MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD)
Domain: Trees, shrubs and their wood; plants
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Logogram: giš
DUB.RA.AN
Etymology: Borrowed from an unknown languageThe source language cannot be determined (?) Note the word diprānu, which most likely represents the Ugaritic form and is attested in PRU 3, 64. It is therefore not considered an Akkadian variant here. See also Hurr. tabra/i=ne/I, see Haas/Wilhelm 1974, 89; Richter 2012, 441; Besnier et al. 2015.
2Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) gišdáp-ra-nu ana šubšul 3 GAG SAG ARM 23, 439 no. 514: 1 ARCHIBAB “(6 1/2 minas of) juniper wood for melting down 3 best-quality nails”. new
LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) qaštu ša dap-⸢ra?-ni⸣ AOAT 414/1, 194: 8 “a bow made of juniper”.
Discussion
Beside giš, the determinatives ú and šim are also attested, albeit less frequently. Identification as (a species of) juniper goes back to DAB 279, where juniperus drupacea labill is suggested.