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gazzu (fem. gaziztu)

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Variant: kazzu

Meanings:

shorn; ram, shearling

Distribution: ,

Grammar:

pos: , root: pattern:

Etymology: Derived ＜ gazāzu

1 Lexical

kazzuMB-LexMB-Lex: Middle Babylonian lexical texts máš zú = ka-⸢az⸣-[zu] SLT, 44 ii 30 (Hh) DCCLT. Later recensions of Ḫḫ XIII have instead kizzu (see gizzu).

31. As designation of fabric

OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 1 išram ga-zi-iz-tám damiqtam Dercksen apud Michel/Veenhof 2010, 233 kt. c/k 710 15 “a shorn sash of good quality”. ^new

OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 5 TÚG ga-zu-tù-um kt c/k 488 8. (courtesy J. G. Dercksen). ^new

OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 2 TÚG ga-zi-iz-ti-in Prag, 428: 33 “2 shorn textiles”. Note that the partial duplicate JCS 40, 40 no. 28 has kusītēn. ^new

In OA a type of low-pile fabric, presumably made by cutting the nap of the pile to achieve a uniform surface. This process has also been called “shearing” in European textile manufacturing since the middle ages. The Bab. equivalent is gizzu. .

12. Ram, shearling

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [k]a-az-zum bukur ⸢Enki⸣[...] ... ; ka-az-za-⸢am⸣ imme[r]tam alī ušrabbā ... ; ka-az-zu-um etellum ālišu CUSAS 10, 1: 2, 11, 35 SEAL “ram, son of Enki...; where shall I rear ram (and) ewe?; ... the ram, prince of his city”. (song of Bazi). ^new

Cf. CAD G 115 gizzu A “adult male goat”, AHw. 496 kizzu I “(junger) Ziegenbock”.

Discussion

Interchange of inital g and k can also be observed in other derivations from this root. The word gizzu (var. kizzu), while morphologically distinct, seems to cover the same meanings as gazzu/kazzu.

Cross-References

See also:

gazāzu, gizzatu, gizzu

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