karānu

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Variant: OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) kirānu
Meanings:
vine, wine, grape(s)
de:German: Deutsch Wein, Rebe, Traube(n)
fr:French: Français vin, vigne, raisin(s)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivepattern: PaRāSinfinitive
Logogram: GEŠTIN, giš GEŠTIN
Etymology: Inherited (?) Cf. the PCS root *karm “vineyard”, see Kogan 2012, 190; Kogan 2012, 257 (for further cognates see SEDo). However, SEDo is reluctant to connect *karm with Akk. karānu.
21. Vine(s)

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) azarrū ka-ra-na-am AML, 132: 8 SEAL “I will sow a vine”. sex incantation. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) [..]. gišGEŠTIN u riqqū išqûma baʾūlāt libbišu qurru buluṭ libbi indanaḫḫarā nummurū zīmūšun JNES 78, 6: 28 RINAP “[..]. grapevine and aromatics grew high and thus the people in it (viz. Karkemish) constantly receive an invitation of well-being (and) their face(s) are cheerful”.

22. In ṣēr k. "vine-snake"

OA-LitOA-Lit: Old Assyrian literary texts ⸢kī⸣ ṣa-ru-ú ki-ra-nim l[imq]utam qaqqaršu AML, 9: 19 SEAL “may it (scil. the newborn) fall down to the ground like vine-snakes”. Cf. ina ṣēr ki-ra-nim AML 11: 22 “on top of the vine” (see Kouwenberg 2023, 130 no. 8).

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ṣēri gišGEŠTIN.NA ša ittī wāšipišu imtaḫṣu AML, 105: 14 SEAL “the vine-snake, which fights with his conjurer”. new

153. Wine

OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 30.TA ki-ra-nam PN u ša ki-ra-né ša rabī sikkitim našʾū kt m/k 179: 20, 21 “PN and the wine dealer(?) of the rabī sikkitim are carrying 30 (jars?) of wine each”. (Unpubl., court. K. Hecker); rabī kirānim kt 93/k 946 “overseer of the wine”, see Veenhof 2008 page: 221. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GEŠTIN (ša) sīmi FM 11, 8: 1 “wine of red color(?)”. Also 25: 16; 33: 2. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GEŠTIN ša sāmim FM 11, 36: 1, 6 “wine of red color(?)”. Also 39 iii 14; 42: 11; 45: 2, 8 etc. S. G. Chambon ib. p. 14–16 for the question whether sāmu/sīmu is rather a toponym. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GEŠTIN ÚS sīmi FM 11, 33: 3 “second quality red(?) wine”. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GEŠTIN ÚSḫi.a FM 11, 33: 4. Also 42: 1; 158: 15. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GEŠTINḫi.a labirum FM 11, 71: 4, 6a “old wine”. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 11 DUG GEŠTIN ittī DUG GEŠTIN labirim ša ina bīt DN [ i] ḫḫīqa FM 11, 21: 5f. “11 jars of wine were mixed together with a jar of old wine from the temple of DN”. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GEŠTIN (.NA) ṭābum FM 11, 25: 4 “sweet wine”. Also 168: 1. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GEŠTIN ma-ar- [ri] FM 11, 161: 4, 15 “bitter wine”. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GEŠTINḫi.a eššum FM 11, 71: 7 “new wine”. new

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) kīma šātû ka-ra-ni-im kīma mār sābītim limqutaššum šittum AML, 124: 9 SEAL “like over a wine drinker, like over a son of a tavern keeper, may sleep fall over him”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) dašpa sīrāš šikar* ša⸢dîm?⸣* ka-ra-nam el-[lu?] RINBE 1/1, 207 ii 9 “sweet Siraš-beer, moun[tai]n-beer, pu[re(?)] wine”. and RINBE 1/1, 141 ii 31f.

LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) kī ša ka-ra-nu ša bēlija ibaššû ištēn udû 2 BÁN ṭābu ina qātīšu bēlu lušēbil AOAT 414/1, 80: 7 “according to the availability of my lord's wine may the lord send 1 jar of 2 seah (12 l) of good (wine)”. new

LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) dišpi u gišGEŠTIN AOAT 414/1, 73: 6 “honey and wine”. new

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34. Grapes

OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina warād ki-ra-nim AKT 10, 20A: 9 “at the coming down (i.e. the harvesting) of the grapes”. (|| 20B: 14). new

OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina qa[tāp] ka-ra-nim Çayır 2006, 8 kt 92/k 1037 7 “at the plucking of the grapes”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina ūmešuma gišGEŠTIN irriš Sakikkû IV 129 “he shall ask for grapes at that time”. See also Sakikkû IV 130 and 128 (combined here with saḫliʾu). new

15. In karān īni “(edges of the) iris (lit.: vine of the eye)”

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) ka-ra-an īnīšu šaddū [...] ša kakkultu īnīšu ana bītānū īrub[ū] CunMon. 49/2, 284 o. 3f. “the grapes of his eyes are pulled taut (means) [...] (refers to) the case where the iris(es) move (lit.: enter) inwards”. Commentary Sakikkû XXI 4′ (3′ in Heeßel 2000). new

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