The logo of the Melammu Project

The Melammu Project

The Heritage of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East

  The Melammu Project
  
   General description
   Search string
   Browse by topic
   Search keyword
   Submit entry
  
   About
   Open search
   Thematic search
   Digital Library
   Submit item
  
   Ancient texts
   Dictionaries
   Projects
   Varia
   Submit link
  FAQ
  Contact us
  About

  The Newsletter
  To Project Information >

  

Babylonian plant names in Talmud (1)

 Printable view
Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list)

11 Language, communication, libraries and education




 		Keywords
Aramaic language
naming
plants
Period
No period specified 		Channel
Jewish philosophers and scholars

Text
Many plant names used in the Babylonian Talmud derive from Akkadian.

Babylonian Talmud, Gittin 67b-9b:
67b sykwry = sikkūrat eqli
68a ˀsˀ = asu ‘myrtle’
68a bynˀ = bīnu ‘tamarisk’
68a šwrbynˀ = šurmēnu ‘cypress’
68b ˀdrˀ = Akkadian adāru “poplar”
68b ḥylpˀ = Akkadian elpetu “grass”
69a ˀspstˀ = aspastu ‘lucerne’
69a thly = sahlû ‘cress’
69a ptyltˀ = pitiltu ‘Palmblast strick’
69a prydˀ = pirindu ‘Fruchtschnitze’
69b sysyn = sissin libbi
69b glgylˀ = galgaltu
69b nynyyˀ = nīnû

Source (list of abbreviations) (source links will open in a new browser window)
Babylonian Talmud, Gittin 67b-9b

Bibliography

Geller 1991, 109Geller, Mark J. “Akkadian Medicine in the Babylonian Talmud.” In: D. Cohn-Sherbock (ed.). A Traditional Quest. Essays in honour of Louis Jacobs. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 114. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press 1991, 102-112.

Amar Annus


URL for this entry: http://www.aakkl.helsinki.fi/melammu/database/gen_html/a0000574.php

Illustrations
No pictures

^
T
O
P