University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Papers
Title
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
2-1995
Publication Source
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
Issue
297
Start Page
55
Last Page
60
DOI
10.2307/1357389
Abstract
Aspalathus, a plant mentioned in Pliny the Elder's "Natural History," Dioscorides' "De Materia Medica," Theophrastus' "Enquiry into Plants," and Ecclesiasticus is most probably caper (Capparis sp.). It has an Akkadian linguistic cognate, supālu. Ethnobotanical, archaeobotanical, and linguistic evidence show that this plant has played a role in the ancient, but ongoing cultural tradition in the Near East.
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© 1995 American Schools of Oriental Research. All rights reserved. Republished here by permission of the American Schools of Oriental Research
Recommended Citation
Miller, N. F. (1995). The Aspalathus Caper. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, (297), 55-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1357389
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Date Posted: 10 November 2016
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