asīrtu
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Meanings:
female captive
Distribution: SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Domain: Humans
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivegender: fem.Feminineroot: ʾsrI/ʾ; I/e (primae ʾaleph)pattern: PaRīSt
Etymology: Derived < asīru I
1Attestations
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) šumma šaḫû ana urši bīt amēli īrub a-sìr-tum ana bīt amēli irrub : a-⸢sìr⸣-t[um : e-se-r]u CunMon. 49/2, 6: 16 “‘If a pig enters into the bedroom of a man’s house – a female captive will enter the man’s house’; female cap[tive (is derived from) to confi]ne”. Commentary Sakikkû I 7 (citing a var. of Šumma ālu XLIX 41′ || Šumma izbu XXII 118). Cf. also the parallel commentary in Wee 2019, 30: 14′. new