to tan (hides) red 1 realization
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Akkadian
Lexeme ṣarpu
Meaning 1 tanned and dyed (leather)
Direction
Meaning 2 colored, red
Reference CAD: ṣ 114
Comment Cf. The meaning of the term 'alum' (the salts of potassium, used for tanning and dying, extracted from the alum stone), has been attested, for instance, in the Syr. ṣərāpā (Brock. 638).