eqbu

REVIEW
Share this entry Download this entry as XML LAD eqbu, https://lad.saw-leipzig.de/entry/LAD002747Click to copy
Variant: iqbu
Meanings:
heel, hoof
de:German: Deutsch Ferse, Huf
fr:French: Français Talon, sabot
Distribution: OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts, OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts, MB-LitMB-Lit: Middle Babylonian literary texts, SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), SB-LexSB-Lex: Standard Babylonian lexical texts, LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivepattern: PaRiSG-stem verbal adjective
Logogram: MUD, SÌL.MUD+, MA.SÌL
Etymology: Inherited Cf. PS *ʿaqip, ʿiqp “heel”, see SED 1, 14f. no. 14.
3Attestations

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts ašlupam i-qì-ib-ka AML, 142: 103 SEAL “I tore out(?) your heel”.

MB-LitMB-Lit: Middle Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [šumma ištu] dadānī[šu adi uzu]eq-bi-šu šerʾānūšu šagg[ū ...] Emar 6/4, 315 no. 694: 6′ “[if] his tendons are stiff [from his] neck tendons [to] his heel”. Cf. the younger parallel in Sakikkû X: 25 and Sakikkû XXXIII: 97 (both concerning the disease šaššaṭu). new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [šumma umma] ⸢ṣariḫ⸣ ša MUD-šú ša šumēli .[..] Sakikkû XIX/XX 43′ “[if] he burns (up) [with fever,] the one (viz., the fever) of his left heel is .[..]”. Diff. Heeßel 2000, 228 (SÍK?) as well as Schmidtchen 2025, 170 (assuming MUD-šú for uppi < aḫi > šu “his upper arm”, due to the mention of forearm in the following entry). new

CAD
Loading CAD entry…
AHw
Loading AHw entry…