duzzuru (?)
NEWNot documented in AHw or CADREVIEW
Alternative Reading: dussuru, duṣṣuru
Meanings:
(a textile)
de:German: Deutsch (ein Textil)
fr:French: Français (un textile)
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Etymology: Uncertain According to Durand 2009, 33f., the etymology of the term is unclear, but a connection with the verb naṣāru “to guard”, perhaps in the meaning “protection, armor”, cannot be completely ruled out.
2Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 2 du-Zu-rum ARM 22, 324 iv 5. (between bridles and slings). new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 2 túgdu-Zu-ru SAG ARM 22, 110: 4 “2 first-quality d.” (between textiles). new
Discussion
For further refs. and disc. see Durand 2009, 33f. Accordingly, the term seems not to refer to a garment or the like, but to another kind of textile whose nature remains yet uncertain.