Akkadian Food Terms
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The fertility of Mesopotamia was already legendary in antiquity. The ancient historian Herodotus, writing in Greek in the fifth century BC, was amazed at the productivity of the region:

This territory is as far as we know the best by far for producing grain. As to trees, it does not even attempt to bear them, neither fig nor vine or olive, but for producing grain, it is so good that it returns as much as two-hundred-fold for the average, and when it bears at its best, it produces three-hundred-fold. The leaves of the wheat and barley there grow to be full four fingers broad. And from millet and sesame seed how large a tree grows, I know myself, but shall not record, being well aware that even what has already been said relating to the crops produced has been enough to cause disbelief in those who have not visited Babylonia. (The Histories 1.193)

There are references to implements such as a special spice mortar (urs. u), expert “spice cooks,” and instructions U in texts on how to roast and dry spices properly during preparation,

Mix of Sumerian and Akkadian.

akalu (ninda) = bread (Sumerian, ninda; Akkadian, akalu)
Akkadianšizbu = milk
alningu = unidentified spice
azapurannu = saffron
asum = myrtle
dâmu = blood
dišpu/dispum = syrup [the same Akkadian word sometimes means honey from wild bees and sometimes date-syrup]

dispu (syrup made from dates, grapes, or from some other fruit source but probably not "miel / honey")

duhnu = millet
egengeru = arugula
eqīdu, gubnātu, and pinnartu = types of cheese
hallūrū = chick pea
hašlātu = bulgur (Sumerian n i g 2 . a r 3 . r a s a g a )
hazannu = probably garlic
himētu = clarified butter or ghee
hinhinu = unidentified spice
hurrium = unidentified spice
itirtu = butter (Akkadian)
kakkû = lentils
kamûnu = probably cumin
karsu = probably leek
kasisihatu = unidentified spice
kasû (gazi) = cuscuta plant (dandelion) - http://www.assyrianlanguages.org/ translates as "mustard"
kibtu = wheat
kikkîrenū = juniper kernels
kippu = bird (kippu bird)
kisibirru = coriander
kisimmu = sour milk (Akkadian)
kunāsum = emmer
kurullu = unidentified spice
kuruš = unidentified spice
laptu = beet? (ŠE.SA/laptu: roasted barley)

ŠE.SA may also be read qalû and qal?ti (? looks sort of like &) which can also mean 'roasted grain or barley'; qalâti however can be read as the adjective 'roasted' and ŠE.SA.A has sometimes been used as a way of writing this word.

lipû = animal fat
lišdu = cream (Akkadian)
lisû = pasta
mû = water, cooking liquid
mundum = coarse groats
ninû/nīnu = mint (or Bishop’s weed)
pappāsu = porridge
qēmum = milled grains
qiššû (Akkadian) = cucumber (Sumerian u k u š) (ancient Greek kukuos, Arabic kūsā [squash], and Latin cucumis)
raqqūtu = spices
sahlû = cress? (seeds of cress?)
sahunu = unidentified spice
šamaššammū (Akkadian) = sesame (Sumerian š e .g i š . i 3)
samidu = onion family plant (Bottero's translation)
samīnu = unidentified spice
šamnu = oil
sasku/sasqu = flour (In https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1349279/1/454702_vol1.pdf, the author
še’u or û(m) = barley
šikaru (Akkadian) = beer (Sumerian k a š ) made from grains and sourdoughs
silaru = unidentified spice
s. apru = unidentified spice
siqqum =
šîru (uzu) = meat (Sumerian u z u , Akkadian šīru) from the major domesticated animals
šizbu = milk
šuḫutinnû = peas?
surmenu = probably cypress
šusikillu (sum.sikil) = probably onion
tabatu = vinegar
ṭâbtu = salt
warqu = greens, maybe peas
zanzar = unidentified spice
zibibianu = unidentified spice
zibû = black cumin

Other cooking terms:

samadu = verb, to grind (https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1349279/1/454702_vol1.pdf)