girītu
3 Lexical
OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts gi-ri-tuma-dar-ḫábku₆ OB Hh IV 333 DCCLT. (among fish).
SB-LexSB-Lex: Standard Babylonian lexical texts mi-si-išku₆ = gi-ri-tum , uḫ naĝ-eku₆ = MIN taʾî , a-ta-gur₄ku₆ = MIN UET 6/2, 406 r. 17-19 DCCLT “m. -fish = moray eel, turtle-like animal that drinks = grazing moray eel, adaggur -fish = grazing moray eel”. (Ḫḫ XV-XVIII).
SB-LexSB-Lex: Standard Babylonian lexical texts mu-ur-ra⸢ku₆ ⸣ = gi-ri-⸢tum⸣ , uḫ?-gu₇⸢ku₆ ⸣ = MIN, ⸢a-da?-gur₅ku₆ ⸣ = MIN AOAT 275, 607 BM 73313 r. 10–12 DCCLT.
3Further Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) mašak gi-ri-ti[m] tarakkass[u] CUSAS 32, 25: 21 “you bandage him with the skin of a moray eel”. See George ib. p. 118.
MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) mu.ùr.raku₆ balitta taṣabbat BAM 7, 1 iv 22 eBL “you seize a live moray eel”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) […šu ša g]i-ri-tú Fs. Walker, 220: 9 eBL “[its … is that of a] moray eel”. (in description of the body of a god).
Discussion
The potential identification with the moray eel is based on comparison with Syriac gērīṯā but not otherwise ascertainable.