gin₃-gin₃

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See also: za-gin₃ , za:gin₃

  • 'Lapis lazuli'; attested in VE 868 (not glossed). The term most frequently occurs with the writing za:gin₃, but za-gin₃ is also attested. The writing gin₃(-gin₃) is rare. See Pasquali, Lessico (2005) on the uses of this semi-precious stone attested in the administrative record. It seems that lapis lazuli arrived at Ebla through Mari, see Archi, 'Lapis Lazuli and Shells' (2017). On the etymology, see most recently Oreshko, 'Anatolian Linguistic Influences' (2018), 106.
Bibliography
  • Oreshko, 'Anatolian Linguistic Influences' (2018), 106

This lemma was edited by Erica Scarpa 0000-0001-6250-304X

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