guḫaššu
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Variant: guḫaṣṣu, guḫalṣu
Meanings:
wire
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), MAMA: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1500–1000 BCE), MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivepattern: PuRaSS
2Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šarḫullu GAL KÙ.GI ⸢ŠÀ.BA⸣ 1 gu-ḫa-šu ARM 32, 244 no. M.12668 ii 18 ARCHIBAB “a large golden š. -ornament with g. in its center”. Arkhipov 2015, 75 with add. refs; Guichard 2005, 135; see also kirādu. new
NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (the tip of a thornbush) kī gu-ḫa-ṣu epiš SAA 10, 382: 10 SAAo “is made like a wire”. new