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Phoenician
Etymology
Compare Aramaic שושמא / ܫܘܫܡܐ (šuššǝmā), simplified from שומשמא (šumǝššumā). From Akkadian 𒃻𒈦𒌑𒈬 (/šamaššammū/), 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈨 (/šamaššammi/, literally “oil plant”), compound of 𒉌 (/šaman/, “oil”) and 𒌑 (/šammu/, “plant”).
Noun
𐤔𐤔𐤌𐤍 (ššmn) m
- sesame
1962, Herbert Donner, Wolfgang Röllig, Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften (overall work in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, lines 6–7 of number 51 on page 14, from Egypt:𐤆𐤉𐤕 𐤌𐤔𐤒𐤋 𐤘𐤛𐤚 𐤅𐤔𐤒𐤃𐤌
𐤅𐤊𐤌𐤍 𐤅𐤋𐤏𐤓𐤕𐤉 𐤏𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤔𐤌𐤍- zyt mšql wšqdm
wkmn wlʿrty ʿʿm wššmn - oil of a weight of 25 and almonds
and cumin and spread onto boards sesame
References
- Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000) “ŠŠMN”, in Phoenician-Punic Dictionary (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 90), Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies Leuven, →ISBN, page 483