lu2 ĝeš-i3, lu2 še-ĝeš-i3 (N) "man of sesame" | G.1. oil & its ressources


Commentary

The term for sesame cultivators in Ĝirsu in the Ur III period is usually “men of sesame” lu2 ĝeš i3. Only rarely one find other terms for sesame cultivators in Ĝirsu, e.g. “ploughmen of sesame” (engar ĝeš-i3[glossary=engar ĝeš-i3]); for the variation še-ĝeš-i3 ~ ĝeš-i3 see Waetzoldt 1985: 79. The variant lu2 še-ĝeš-i3 is once attested in Irisaĝrig (Nisaba 15/2 0528).

ePSD2 ID o0033409: luĝeši "a profession"

Attinger 2021: vacat.

Bibliography

  • Waetzoldt 1985 = Waetzoldt, Hartmut (1985): Ölpflanzen und Pflanzenöle im 3. Jahrtausend, in: Bulletin on Sumerian Agriculture 2, 77-96.

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