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The measuring stick (1)

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Mesopotamian loanwords in Greek
11 Language, communication, libraries and education
11.01 Imperial languages
11.01.05 Shared linguistic items and features
11.01.05.05 Mesopotamian loanwords
11.01.05.05.02 Mesopotamian loanwords in Greek
Technical terms
11 Language, communication, libraries and education
11.01 Imperial languages
11.01.05 Shared linguistic items and features
11.01.05.01 Technical terms

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The Greek word kanon means both “reed” and “measuring stick”, deriving from Akkadian qanû. The specialized use of the Greek term for measuring stick corresponds to Akkadian qan mindati and Hebrew q’neh hammidah with the same meaning. The appearance of the term in Greek shows that a basic tool and concept of building construction has been imported.

Bibliography

Burkert 1992, 38

Burkert, Walter. The Orientalizing Revolution. Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Period. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1992.

Amar Annus

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