RT Article
T1 GA.KIN.AG EMṢU im Hethitischen
JF Altorientalische Forschungen
VO 38
IS 1
SP 15
OP 62
A1 Fritzsche, Elifta
LA German
YR 2011
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1801474362
AB The Akkadogram EMṢU , meaning “sour” in Akkadian, frequently occurs in Hittite texts either directly before or (more often) after the Sumerogram GA.KIN.AG “cheese”. H. Zimmern proposed as part of a lexical article that in this context EMṢU should be translated as “Hefe”, adding F. Sommer’s tentative suggestion “oder Lab?”. Over the years, for reasons unknown, F. Sommer’s free association became the most accepted translation. The present paper evaluates the plausibility of F. Sommer’s proposal, discussing the related realia and examining the results when applied to Hittite texts of different genres. In taking up H. Zimmern’s suggestion, I propose a broader lexical range of “baking agent”, thus yielding a new translation for the noun EMṢU in Hittite texts, namely “sourdough”.
K1 Käse
K1 Sauerteig
K1 GA.KIN.AG EMṢU
K1 Ernährung
K1 hethitische Realia
DO 10.1524/aofo.2011.0002