Dear Professor Kapstein, ‘Shamashammu’ (šamaššamu) is the Akkadian word for ‘sesame.’ That could be the origin of Hebrew ’soomsoom.’
Best wishes, Toke ----- Toke L. Knudsen, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematics Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics State University of New York at Oneonta Associate Editor Convergence <https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence> <[email protected]> On Apr 26, 2023, at 08:58, Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> wrote: Dear Prof. Zydenbos, I recall that sesame in Hebrew is soomsoom, which resembles the terms you cited, though I do not know the origin - I assume that it must have been a loanword. kind regards, Matthew Matthew T. Kapstein Professor emeritus Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris Associate The University of Chicago Divinity School https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 at 12:19 PM, Robert Zydenbos <[email protected]> wrote: Dear list friends, A non-Indological colleague asked me whether there are any references in ancient Indian literature to the medicinal use of sesame oil. Related: is there any Indian word in any language for 'sesame' that resembles 'shumshum', 'simsim' or 'shamashammu'? Any information concerning these two questions would be most welcome. RZ -- Prof. Dr. Robert J. Zydenbos / ಪ್ರೊ. ಡಾ. ರೊಬೆರ್ತ್ ಜೆಯ್ದೆನ್ಬೊಸ್ Institute of Indology and Tibetology Department of Asian Studies Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (University of Munich – LMU) Germany _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected] https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected] https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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