na4ḪAR (N) "millstone, saddle quern" | G.2. technology


Commentary

millstone, i.e. a saddle quern of basalt (→ ad-bar) or zibi stone, „equipped with mullers“ (šu si3-ga), used for crushing sesame seeds; reading probably na4kinkin

Akkadian parallel in lexical lists: erû

ePSD2 ID o0032167: kinkin "a small millstone"

Attinger 2021, p.520: na4ḪAR, na4kinkin «meule, meule inférieure»

Bibliography

  • Attinger 2021 = Attinger, Pascal (2021): Glossaire sumérien-français principalement des textes littéraires paléobabyloniens. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

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