ḫargallu
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Variant: ḫargullu
Meanings:
lock, locking ring
de:German: Deutsch Schloss, Verschlussring
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), MB-NuziMB-Nuzi: Middle Babylonian texts from Nuzi (ca. 1500–1200 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Etymology: Borrowed ＜ Sum.Sumerian
1Attestations
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [I]diglat [nā]rum ⸢ḫar⸣-gu-la ša mātim-＜＜IZ＞＞-ma AML, 117: 18 SEAL “the river Tigris, lock of the land”. new