eperu

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Variant: epru, LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) ipiru
Meanings:
earth, soil, dust
de:German: Deutsch Erde, Boden, Staub
fr:French: Français terre, sol, poussière
Distribution: OB onward(s)OB onward(s): Old Babylonian onwards (ca. 2000 BCE onwards)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivepattern: PaRaSadjective, PaRSverbal adjective of roots i--gem.
Logogram: SAḪAR, SAḪAR.ḪI.A
Etymology: Inherited Cf. PS *ʿapar “soil; soft surface of the earth used for cultivation and as a building material (soil, dust)”, see Fronzaroli 1968, 270, 287; HALOT 861; Kogan 2011, 189; Kogan 2015, 530 (SEDo).
11. In symptom descriptions

MB-LitMB-Lit: Middle Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šumma e-pe*-ra* ina* šuburrišu* ittanazzâm AOAT 43, 100: 7 eBL “if he constantly emits dust through his anus”. Diff. Heeßel 2000, 100: 7 (DIŠ e-ma (sic) il (sic)-la-ku (sic) it-ta-na-az-za-am „Wenn er sich, wo immer er geht, immer wieder beklagt“. new

12. In the diagnosis kišid eperi “reaching of dust”

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) kišid SAḪAR libbū ana erṣeti ki-ši [šan]îš kišid SAḪAR : ša ina e-pe-ri nadû [ša]lšiš ša ina qaqqar nadû CunMon. 49/2, 340: 3–5 “‘reaching of dust’, as in ‘to the earth’ (which sound Sum.) ki-šè ; [sec]ondly, ‘reaching of dust’ (refers to) one cast into the dust; [thi]rdly, (it refers to) one cast to the ground”. Commentary Sakikkû XL 2. new

23. Further Attestations

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ša … ana mê inaddûšu ina e-pé-ri iqebbirušu išātam išakkišušu BagM 34, 150: xv 13 “who(ever) … throws it into the water, buries it in the earth (or) ruins it by fire”. new

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ilū mātim … ⸢ib⸣balū i-né-ep-ri UET 6/2, 395: 11 SEAL “the gods of the land are spread with dust”. inepri < ina epri. new

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