maṭṭû
1Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) PN nârum [ša] ma*-aṭ-ṭe-e kullâm [l]ā ileʾʾû ana nargallūtim ina GN taškunšuma FM 9, 100 no. 13: 6 ARCHIBAB “you appointed the musician PN, [who] is not able to hold m. -instruments, to the office of chief musician in GN”. new
Discussion
Durand 1991 reads ba-ad-de-e, from baddu, and translates “gens islólés”. N. Ziegler follows it, translating “solistes”. However, the context would rather suggest a musical instrument (thus SAD B 3). As pointed out in EDA 1, 651, the first sign may well be MA; Kogan/Krebernik ib. consider a maPRaS noun from naṭû IV. Indeed, the photo shows a sign whose lower wedge is horizontal and not slanted, thus clearly MA instead of BA.
Cf. SAD B 3 s.v. baddu.