aššatu

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Variant: aštu, altu
Meanings:
wife
de:German: Deutsch Gattin
fr:French: Français épouse
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivepattern: PaRSatverbal adjective of roots i--gem., in fem. also concrete nouns designating the quality expressed by the adjective
Logogram: DAM
Etymology: Cf. PS *ʾanṯ-at “woman,” see Kogan 2015, 44 (SEDo).
5Attestations

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) asaḫḫur kīma aš-ti-im CUSAS 10, 9: 13 (= ALL, 3) SEAL “I encircle (you) like a wife”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) amta ina bīti ē tukabbit ⸢kīma?⸣ ⸢áš⸣-šá-tim-ma lā ibêl uru⸢ḫka⸣ Counsels of Wisdom A+18 eBL “do not make a servant girl important in the house! She shall not govern your way (of life) ⸢l[ik]e(?) a wife!”

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) aššu DAM amēli Sakikkû IV 36 “because of the wife of (another) man”. See also Sakikkû IV 41, 109; Sakikkû VI 21 and passim in Sakikkû. Note also the form ana aš-tim [amēli?] in Sakikkû III 17 and 73 (very uncertain); cf. also (MB lit.) Wilhelm 1994, 34: o 6′ (al-ti LÚ-lim). new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) qāt DAM amēli Sakikkû I 23 “hand of (another) man’s wife”. Cf. for the meaning the commentary text Wee 2019, 31: 9. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) qāt DAM amēli libbū ana DAM amēli iṭḫe CunMon. 49/2, 31: 9 “‘hand of (another) man’s wife’ (is understood) as in ‘he approached (another) man’s wife (sexually)’”. Commentary Sakikkû I 23. Cf. the partly parallel commentary Wee 2019, 58 r. 2′. new

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