damšelum [PLANT] N (69x) Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian wr. dam-še-lum; dam-ši-lum; dam-še-lu-um; dam-šil-lum; dam-šil-lum^sar; ^ŋešdam-ši-lum; dam-ši-mi-an-nu-um; ^ŋeš^ḫašḫurdam-šil-lum "a plant; an aromatic"

[1]	𒁮𒊺𒈝	dam-še-lum
[2]	𒁮𒅆𒈝	dam-ši-lum
[3]	𒁮𒊺𒇻𒌝	dam-še-lu-um
[4]	𒁮𒋻𒈝	dam-šil-lum
[5]	𒁮𒋻𒈝𒊬	dam-šil-lum^sar
[6]	𒄑𒁮𒅆𒈝	^ŋešdam-ši-lum
[7]	𒁮𒅆𒈪𒀭𒉡𒌝	dam-ši-mi-an-nu-um
[8]	𒄑𒈢𒁮𒋻𒈝	^ŋeš^ḫašḫurdam-šil-lum
+	--ma=m.a (1x/1%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]							41
[2]							4	11	3
[3]							3
[4]									2
[5]									2
[6]								2
[7]									1
[8]

9 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Ur III (48x/70%)

Old Babylonian (13x/19%)

Middle Babylonian (4x/6%)

Neo-Assyrian (3x/4%)

Neo-Babylonian (1x/1%)

Senses:

1. a plant (69x/100%)

2. an aromatic

Akk. damšillu.

Bibliography

[2010] H. Brunke and W. Sallaberger, Studies Owen 50.

[1987] M. Powell, BSA 3 147.

[2010] H. Brunke and W. Sallaberger, Studies Owen 50

[1980-1983] H. Waetzoldt, RlA 6 587.

Lexical Associations

tamšilu[(a resin)]N (// damšelum[plant])

dam-ši-lum = dam-ši-lu (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a r iii 57).

damšillu[(a kind of cucumber)]N (// hašhur[apple] damšelum[plant])

[^ŋeš]⸢ḫašḫur⸣ dam-šil-lum = ŠU<(damšillu)> (Rm 0367+ o i 10'; MSL SS 1, 016 o ii' 4').

damšillu[(a kind of cucumber)]N (// ukuš[cucumber] damšelum[plant])

ukuš₂ dam-šil-lum^sar = ŠU<(damšillu)> MIN<(pe-qu-u)> (LTBA 1, 86 r i 11).

References for all phrases

damšelum[plant]

^ŋešdam-ši-lum (Education in the Earliest Schools no. 019 i 17).

dam-ši-lum = dam-ši-lu (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a r iii 57).

hašhur[apple] damšelum[plant]

⸢ḫašḫur⸣ dam-ši-lum (SLT 015 c iii 30; SLT 16 r v 6).

^ŋešḫašḫur dam-ši-⸢lum⸣ (EEN 268-269 KM 89542 a i 10'; Anonymous 447996 o v 4; IB 1535+ i 19; Emar 6/1, p. 105-109, Msk 731030 o i 44; Education in the Earliest Schools no. 116 o 7; IB 1547 i 12'; UM 29-15-848 r 1).

[^ŋeš]⸢ḫašḫur⸣ dam-ši-mi-an-nu-um (Syria 12, pl. 46-47, 03 + pl. 47, 04 o i 40).

[^ŋeš]⸢ḫašḫur⸣ dam-šil-lum = ŠU<(damšillu)> (Rm 0367+ o i 10'; MSL SS 1, 016 o ii' 4').

ukuš[cucumber] damšelum[plant]

ukuš₂ dam-šil-lum[^{sar^?}] = [...] [...] (CT 14, pl. 03-04, K 04205+ r i 39').

ukuš₂ dam-šil-lum^sar = ŠU<(damšillu)> MIN<(pe-qu-u)> (LTBA 1, 86 r i 11).

šim[aromatics] damšelum[plant]

⸢šim⸣ dam-ši-lum (N 3957 r iii 3; N 4808 o i 4'; HS 1736 r i 6'; SLT 16 r iii 15).

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