āribu
5 Lexical
Ebla-LexEbla-Lex: Lexical texts from Ebla — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ugamušen = ⸢a-rí⸣-bù-um MEE 4, 4-6 vi' 53 DCCLT. (= MEE 4: 295). new
Ebla-LexEbla-Lex: Lexical texts from Ebla — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [u]gamušen g[a-r]í-bù MEE 4, 20 vii 10 DCCLT. (= MEE 4: 295). new
Ebla-LexEbla-Lex: Lexical texts from Ebla — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ú-gaùgamušen = {ḫa-rí-bù} MEE 4, 24 r. iii 9 DCCLT. (= MEE 4: 295), akkadian entry erased by the scribe. new
OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [buru₄ mušen] = NU₁₁.BUR ⸢mušen⸣ = ⸢ḫe⸣-[ri]-bu-um OECT 4, 153: c 42 (Diri) DCCLT. new
OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ú-gamušen Edubbaʾa 7, 100: 42. new
3Further Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ḪA.NAmeš ḫe-ri-bu ištanassī ARM 35, 63: 71 ARCHIBAB “he keeps calling the Haneans ravens”. Alternatively: ṭà-ri-pu “wild beast?” (hapax) from West-Sem. ṭrp “wild, raging” (Durand 1997, 154; id. 2024, 138; Streck 2000, 119f.). Our interpretation is chosen in light of the OB lex. attestation ḫēribu. new
NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ašar a-ri-bu peṣû tammaru KAL 3, 76-76a: 18 eBL “where you see a white raven […]”. Note the unexpected nominative instead of accusative āriba peṣâ. new
NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ašar a-ri-bu peṣû izzazu KAL 3, 76 r. 4 eBL “where a white raven stands”. new
Discussion
The word also appears as akkadogram in Hittite: I-RI-BUmušen, see Beckman 2013: § 20: 9.