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Akkadian
papparḫû - purslane
(CAD P 109, AHw. 824)
Var. papparḫu, parparḫu, parpaḫu. Cf. papparḫītu (a papparḫû-like decoration) (CAD P 109).
From Sum. BABBAR.ḪI ‘portulaca’ (PSD B 31).