ḫajjatu
51. Seized, plundered, released
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 3 līmī immerī 26 alpī ḫa-ia-ti ittī immerī GN telqē waššerānim ARM 35, 10: 43 “you have seized 3 thousand sheep and 26 oxen, my livestock, along with the sheep of the GN; release (them)!” new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) aššum ḫa-ia-ti ša ina GN leqêt waššurim ana PN awīl GN₂ u PN₂ wardišu bēlī dannātim iškun ummāmi takaššadāma ḫa-ia-tam ša PN₃ tuwaššarā ARM 28, 69: 3-7 “regarding the release (of) the livestock who had been taken at GN, my lord gave strict orders to PN, the ‘man’ of GN₂ and to PN₂, his servant, in these words: 'Once you have arrived, you shall free the livestock of PN₃.'”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ḫanû ⸢ḫa⸣-a-ia-tim wāṣ[īʾātim] šaḫā[ṭūmma] išḫ[iṭūma] ana su[ddud]im panūšunu ša[knū] ARM 33, 292 r. 8 “the Ḫanaens kept raiding the herds that leave the enclosure, and they have their minds set on plundering.” new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ḫa-ia-tam ša ibaššû nuwašša[r] ARM 28, 69: 10 “we have released the livestock that was present”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) warkī PN nillak u ḫa-ia-at GN nuwaššar ARM 35, 22: 34 ARCHIBAB “we are going after PN and we will release the livestock of the son of GN”. new
22. Tended
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) awīl ḫa-ia-ti PIHANS 117, 99 r. 1 “the man who tends to the animals(?)”. In broken context; cf. also ḫa-ia-ti ib. r. 3. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) aššum sinnišātim nišī ḫa-a-ia-tim PIHANS 117, 33: 4 “regarding the women, the people who tend to the animals”. new
23. Further Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ⸢ḫa⸣-ia-ti PIHANS 117, 78: 14. Broken context. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ḫa-ia-at-ti ummān nakrim ūmīšam maḫrīni ul parsat RA 113, 103 no. 2: 27 ARCHIBAB “every day, in front of us, the livestock(?) of the enemy’s army has not yet been apportioned”. new
Discussion
The word is used in both in the singular ḫajjatu as a collective noun or in the plural ḫajjātu. It denotes a group of living beings, but in the Mari texts it specifically refers to livestock or herd animals, often mentioned in the context of raids, seizure, or restitution.