damu

Lexical Lists

SB-LexSB-Lex: Standard Babylonian lexical texts da-mu = māru AOAT 50, 437: 179 (Malku) “blood = son”. Cf. Hrůša ib. 285.

Commentaries

MÚDSBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) MÚD daʾma ittanaddâ : MÚD : da-mu : MUD : daʾmu ?(text: da-mu) CunMon. 49/2, 307: 3 “he keeps expectorating dark(red) blood (is explained by) MÚD (means) blood, MUD (means) dark(?)”. Commentary Sakikkû XXIII 10(?). ^new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) sagû : da-mu a[rda]tu : sa [: d]a-mu : GI ardatu CunMon. 49/2, 323: 6′f. “(menstrual) discharge (refers to) blood of a you[ng wom]an (since) sa (means) [b]lood, GI (means) young woman”. Commentary Sakikkû XXXVI 100. ^new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 2/3 da-mi erēni ana piššat dalāti CUSAS 9, 143: 2 “2/3 (liter) of cedar blood as lubricant for doors”. ^new

OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) da-mu-um da-ma-mu-um Veenhof 1996, 428 kt a/k 611 1. Magic formula based on phonetical repetition of a lexeme. Similar phrases are attested in OB incantations. ^new

MÚDSBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) MÚD amēlūti MÚD kitturri tapaššassuma Sakikkû XXIX 23′ “you rub him with human blood and blood of a toad(?)”. Corresponds to 55′–59′ in Heeßel 2000. ^new

OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) māmītkunu ninaddī da-ma-ni kīma kāsim lū tabik Bilgiç 1992, 65 kt n/k 794 41 “if we violate your oath our blood shall pour as from a bowl”. ^new

OAkkOAkk: Old Akkadian (ca. 2350–2100 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) lū agammalušu kakki da-me alšu lā ašakkanu FAOS 19, Gir. 37 r. 7 “(I swear) I will spare him, I will not raise ‘the weapon of blood’ against him”. See Kraus 2018, 3: 12. ^new

OAkk-LitOAkk-Lit: Old Akkadian literary texts [in] da-me-em tanīʾal BiMes 1, 7 i 2 “you will lie in blood”.

Ur III-LitUr III-Lit: Ur III literary texts esēp da-ma nakirī PN zikrūʾa šumšu RIME 3/2, 135: 8 “‘gathering the blood of the enemies of PN (in?) my name’ is its name”. Cf. Krebernik 1991, 142.

OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) ammakam nuwāʾum da-me-a lā išattī AKT 4, 53: 23 “the native shall not drink my blood here!”

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) anāku aḫūka šīrka u da-mu-kà anāku AS 22, 11: 4 “I am your brother, I am your flesh and your blood”. plural.

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) lemut[tam] ana qaqqad PN lušpukma ša da-mi-⸢im⸣ lūpuš RATL, 94: 12 ↗ARCHIBAB “I will heap evil on PN’s head and I will shed blood”. see Eidem ib. 168. ^new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) da-ma-am ina pursītim akṣur FM 9, 136 no. 27: 8 “I gathered blood in the offering bowl”. In context of educating an apprentice, cf. Ziegler 2005. ^new

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) aḫunê itaddû qarrādū ballat qerbetum ina da-mi-šu-nu Zimrī-Līm Epic iii 6 ↗SEAL “the warriors had been cast down separately (and) the meadowland was smeared with their blood”. ^new

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts ištī erṣetum da-mi qarrādī Zimrī-Līm Epic i 25 “the ground has drunk the blood of the warriors”.

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) dam-šu ubbalū ... ḫarrū Gilg. OB Ishchali: 25 ↗eBL “the ravines were carrying his blood”. ^new

MB-LitMB-Lit: Middle Babylonian literary texts da-am mārī GN kīma mê itbuk CUSAS 17, 61: 15 “(and he) spilled the blood of GN’s citizens like water”.

MB-LitMB-Lit: Middle Babylonian literary texts [d]a-mi-šu-nu ramkū ORA 7, 208: 11 ↗SEAL “they bathe in their blood”.

MB-LitMB-Lit: Middle Babylonian literary texts [aštatī ma]štītam da-ma-am ORA 7, 208: 18 ↗SEAL “[I was drinking] blood as a [dr]ink”.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) nuʾû ulāp da-me labiš BWL, 228 iii 14 “(the wise man wears a loincloth,) the fool is clad in a ‘blood’ cloak”. (proverb). Perhaps “scarlet cloak”?

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) kinatt[ī] ana naq da-mu (∥ [d]a-⸢me⸣) umarraš kakka Ludlul I 87 ↗eBL “my colleague began sullying the weapon(s) to shed blood”.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) nēšu ākilu da-mi … tābik da-mi … lāpit da-mi MesCiv. 7, 2: 62–64 “the lion, devourer of blood … spiller of blood … smearer of blood”. Sargon Birth Legend.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) zīmūʾa itta[k]rū šīrī ištaḫḫa da-mi izzū[ba] Ludlul II 92 ↗eBL “(without food,) my features have become strange, my flesh has wasted (and) my blood has ooz[ed away]”.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) iš/ltanatti da-mi našpūti ša amēlūti MesCiv. 17, 90: 187 (Lam.) “she keeps drinking the spilt(?) blood of mankind”. Cf. MesCiv. 17, 90 Lam. I 190 See Farber 2014, 219f. (transl. “blown(?) blood”). ^new

NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) da-a-mu ulabbušū SAA 10, 354: 17 ↗SAAo “they will be clothed with blood”. Further NA plene spellings: da-a-mu/e SAA 2, 5 iv 4; var.: ib. 6: 256.