zibibânu, sabuânu, zizibiānu, zibibiānu, sibibiānu, zabibânu, šibibânu, sibibiānu, šipipiānu
It seems that zibītu, zibibiānu and zizibiānu
are variant forms which existed side by side
in the OAkk. period, and that later the
various terms for “black cumin” became
differentiated according to areas. Thus, zibītu
occurs in OB, and zibibânu, sibibiānu, etc., in
MA and Nuzi, while zibû is the standard form
in MB, NB and SB. The plant list Uruanna
collects all these forms in the zibû-section (CAD Z 103)