Note 21 — Chapter V
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The Babylonian word for plough, ḳanḳannu, has also survived in the Syriac kenkĕnā, and the Rabbinic ḳanḳannâ; cf. Frank, op. cit., p. 165 f. This use of the determinative erû, "copper," before the Babylonian word, suggests that metal was employed for the plough-share from a very early period.