dulbu

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Variant: dilbu, dalbu+
Meanings:
plane tree
de:German: Deutsch Platanenbaum
fr:French: Français platan
Distribution: Ur IIIUr III: Ur III (ca. 2100–2000 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD), OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD), MAMA: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1500–1000 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivepattern: PuRS
Etymology: Inherited Cf. Aram. (Jew.-Bab.) dwlbʾ and Syr. dwlbʾ “plane tree,” see Sokoloff 2002, 319 and Sokoloff 2009, 282; Arab. dulb “plane tree,” cf. Wehr 1985, 402.
1 Lexical

MB-LexMB-Lex: Middle Babylonian lexical texts gišdal-bu-um Emar 6/4, 59 no. Msk 74163b v 4 DCCLT; Emar 6/1, 105ff. no. Msk 731030 iv 51 DCCLT. also KBo. 25, 5 + 26, 6 b i 16 ([giš]dal-bu-um).

4Further Attestations

Ur IIIUr III: Ur III (ca. 2100–2000 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) n ḪAR gišdú-ul-bu-um CUSAS 3, 1256: 29f. “n plane tree seedling(s)”. also CUSAS 3, 1375: 31. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [x] lēʾu rabû ša du-ul-bi FM 7, 114 no. 30: 18 “[x] large boards of plane”. new

MAMA: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1500–1000 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 2 gišdul-bu 2 erû adi narki[bīšina] StAT 5, 72: 1 “2 (poles of?) plane trees, 2 lower millstones with [their?] upper mill[stones]”. new

MB-EkalteMB-Ekalte: Middle Babylonian texts from Ekalte (ca. 1500–1200 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [d]u-ul-bá ... umalli WVDOG 102, 77: 5 “he has fully paid for(?) the [pl]ane”. new

Discussion

According to etym. and use identified as Platanus orientalis. The fem. form of this word (dulba/ātu) is hith. only attested in OA.

See also Postgate 2005, 591.

Cross-References
See also:
dulbatu
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