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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Aaron MichaelButtsSyriac <i>samminē</i> (pl) ‘Pomace (?)’ and an Akkadian Cognatehttp://syriaca.org/cbss/CUZT6AKGhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/CUZT6AKGhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/CUZT6AKGAramaic Studies20:1202236-43The word <i>samminē </i>(pl) appears to be a <i>hapax legomenon</i> in Syriac, being attested only in Mēmrā 10 ‘<i>On Stephen</i>’ of Narsai (d. ca. 500), where it seems to refer to grapes and perhaps, more specifically, to pomace. Though the available manuscripts are unanimous in transmitting samminē (pl), Brockelmann emended the word to <i>yasminē </i>‘jasmine’. This emendation is, however, contextually difficult. In addition, a possible cognate to Syriac samminē (pl) is to be found in Akkadian <i>sammīnu</i>, which occurs in lists of foodstuffs in several Old Babylonian letters as well as in the Uruanna plant list. The Akkadian cognate, which has not previously been noted in the Syriac lexicographical literature, all but assures that <i>samminē </i>(pl) is a genuine Syriac word.
Butts, Aaron Michael. “Syriac Samminē (Pl) ‘Pomace (?)’ And an Akkadian Cognate.” Aramaic Studies 20:1 (2022): 36–43. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1163/17455227-bja10028.
Aaron Michael Butts, Syriac Samminē (Pl) ‘Pomace (?)’ And an Akkadian Cognate,” Aramaic Studies 20:1 (2022): 36–43, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1163/17455227-bja10028.AkkadianClassical SyriacSyriac languagefoodlexicographyplants