bēru II
1 Lexical
MB-LexMB-Lex: Middle Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) gada-i-ri ka-ad-i-⸢ri?⸣ = ka?-te bé-⸢re⸣-tum Emar 6/4, 556: 10 DCCLT “hatcheled flax = choice flax”. Ḫḫ excerpt. For the process of hatcheling see Waetzoldt 1980–1983b, 585 § 4c. Cf. CAD B 207 bēru A lex. sect. for bērētum, said of siki “wool”. new
2Further Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ana bé-ʾ-ru-tim uzuzzim... tērêtim īpušūma CUSAS 29, 206: 18 “they made extispicies... for his staying with the elite soldiers”. Diff. Abraham/van Lerberghe, ib. p. 169, where bi-iḫ-ru-tim is interpreted as an odd spelling for bārûtu, “act of divination”. new
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina bé-eḫ-ri-im wāšibūt aḫ Purantim ina milkikunu anāku lūpuš Zimrī-Līm Epic ii 35 SEAL “with the elite troops, (oh) inhabitants of the bank of the Euphrates, I will proceed according to your resolution”. Pace Durand 1998, 362, Heimpel 2003, 593f., Charpin/Ziegler 2003, 217 n. 430 and Guichard 2014, 48 not piḫru “assembly” (note the spelling with be in lex. texts, CAD B 211; correct in CAD P 369). new