GLOSSARY
Terms from the Persepolis Fortification Texts
| abbakkanaš reference to workers of Irdabama | |
| abbakannuš term to characterize wine rations | |
| abbamuš title referring to Irdabama | |
| abbebe pl., 'loaves(?)' | |
| ammalup pl., OD of female workers | |
| araššara female chief | |
| araššara pašabena female chief of pašap | |
| atlu a kind of food(?) | |
| atna nuškira 'keeper of atna' | |
| atrubattiš 'nurse' | |
| barikurraš 'attendant(s)' | |
| dudda 'mulberries(?)', fruit of sycomorus morus(?) | |
| dukšiš 'royal woman, princess' | |
| elnuškira 'door-keeper' | |
| etira title of an official concerned with the handling of commodities | |
| gal huttira 'ration maker' | |
| gal makip pl., '(persons) subsisting on rations' | |
| GÍR.huttip pl., OD | |
| GIŠ.geštin 'wine' | |
| hadatiš a qualification of tarmu grain | |
| halmi 'seal', 'sealed document' | |
| hamarram a grain product | |
| harrinup pl., classification for a work group | |
| hazarna nutip pl., 'handlers of hazarna' | |
| hazarnakara 'handler of hazarna' | |
| hirakurra title of an official involved in issuing wine rations | |
| iršara 'great (person), chief' | |
| irti 'wife' | |
| išti 'son-in-law(?)' | |
| kamakaš qualifies special rations | |
| kansuka meaning unknown, part of OD | |
| kapnuškira 'treasury worker' | |
| karmaziš a kind of supplement to the special flour ration, amounting to c. one-fifth |
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Publication information:
Book title: Women in Ancient Persia, 559-331 B.C.
Contributors: Maria Brosius - Author.
Publisher: Clarendon Press.
Place of publication: Oxford.
Publication year: 1998.
Page number: 201.
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