dišpum

Akkadian

Etymology

Compare Arabic دِبْس‎ (dibs, “molasses”) and Biblical Hebrew דְּבַשׁ‎ (dəḇaš, “honey”).

Pronunciation

(Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈdiʃ.pum/

Noun

dišpum m (construct state dišip) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

honey
(date) syrup

Alternative forms

dišpu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms	Phonetic
𒋭 (LAL₃)	𒁲𒅖𒁍𒌝 (di-iš-pu-um)

References

“dišpu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “dišpu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

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