birītu I

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ib-bi-ri-it Ḫabur u Purantim Zimrī-Līm Epic i 18 ↗SEAL “between the rivers Ḫabur and Euphrates”. ^new

MB-LitMB-Lit: Middle Babylonian literary texts 4 ina ammati bi-rat tu-li-šú AulaOr. Suppl. 23, 42: 35 (Gilg.) ↗eBL “the middle parts of his chest were 4 cubits (big)”. pl.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) ipte bi-rit-si-na-ma Ludlul III 93 ↗eBL “he opened the space between them (scil.: my clenched teeth)”. Note the double entendre with birītu II “fetter”.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) nakkapātūšu bir-ti aḫīšu umma u zuʾta ukallā Sakikkû III 9 “his temples (and) the space between his arms retain fever and sweat”. ^new

birtuSBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) bir-⸢ti⸣ aḫīšu = bi-rit naglabīšu CunMon. 49/2, 73: 18 “the space between his arms (means) the space between his shoulder blades”. Commentary Sakikkû III 9. See also the Sakikkû III commentary in Wee 2019, 118: 9. ^new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šumma bi-rit SAG.DU- šú sami Sakikkû III 31 “if he is troubled (concerning the hair of?) the top part of his head”. Cf. the note in Schmidtchen 2021, 269. ^new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šumma bi-ri-it appišu dann[at? ...] Sakikkû VI 62′ “if the in-between space of his nose is har[d(?)]”. ^new