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Akkadian
parsiktu - (a measure of capacity, mostly used for grain)
(CAD P 192, AHw. 835)
Clearly related to Sum. ba-ri₂-ga ‘a measuring container; a capacity measure’ (PSD B 20), but the details are obscure.