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If this [u'um] was the common word in Babylonian then it is more than likely that it also existed in Old Akkadian and could then have existed along with se, 'barley', as a loanword in Sumerian. ... In summary, the evidence allows but does not require the existence of a word se'um, 'barley'. It does, however, manifestly require the existence of a word u'um.​ <ref>Alasdair Livingstone, [http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/XLII/1/1.full.pdf+html?ssource=mfc&rss=1 "The Akkadian Word for Barley: A Note from the Schoolroom,"] ''Journal of Semitic Studies'', 42:1, (1997)</ref>
 
If this [u'um] was the common word in Babylonian then it is more than likely that it also existed in Old Akkadian and could then have existed along with se, 'barley', as a loanword in Sumerian. ... In summary, the evidence allows but does not require the existence of a word se'um, 'barley'. It does, however, manifestly require the existence of a word u'um.​ <ref>Alasdair Livingstone, [http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/XLII/1/1.full.pdf+html?ssource=mfc&rss=1 "The Akkadian Word for Barley: A Note from the Schoolroom,"] ''Journal of Semitic Studies'', 42:1, (1997)</ref>

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Livingstone: "the evidence allows but does not require the existence of a word se'um, 'barley'"

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Livingstone: "the evidence allows but does not require the existence of a word se'um, 'barley'"

Alasdair Livingstone:

If this [u'um] was the common word in Babylonian then it is more than likely that it also existed in Old Akkadian and could then have existed along with se, 'barley', as a loanword in Sumerian. ... In summary, the evidence allows but does not require the existence of a word se'um, 'barley'. It does, however, manifestly require the existence of a word u'um.​ [1]

Notes

  1. Alasdair Livingstone, "The Akkadian Word for Barley: A Note from the Schoolroom," Journal of Semitic Studies, 42:1, (1997)