girgiššu
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Variant: gergiššu
Meanings:
(fruit of the) strawberry tree; (a skin condition)
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Domain: Fruit and fruit trees; plants; illness, disease
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
3Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) šipat ge-er-gi-iš-ši-im KTT, 379: 12 “incantation against g .”
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [šumma simmu ši]kinšu kīma ḫimṭi emma illa[k?] mê lā ukāl si[mm]ī? irašši ger-giš-šum šumšu Sakikkû XXXIII 13 “[if the chara]cteristic(s) [of a lesion] is (that it is) hot like burning (fever) and sprea[ds(?),] it contains no fluid, he has several les[ion]s(?) – g. is its name”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ger-giš-šum qāt Šamaš Sakikkû XXXIII 110b “g. – (this is caused by) the hand of Šamaš”. new