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3 Lexical
OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts [giš]⸢a⸣-ab-ta-sal = i-ṣu kapil MSL SS 1, 97: 5 DCCLT “the tree is coiled”.
OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts [giš][x]zé-àm-bar = i-ṣu ṣariš MSL SS 1, 97: 6 DCCLT “the tree is sprouted”.
SB-LexSB-Lex: Standard Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) giš-na₄na-rú-a = iṣ-ṣi na-re-e MSL 5, 154: 54 “wood of the stela”. new
3Further Attestations
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) bēt e-ṣí TPAK, 177: 18 “house of the tree”. also 178: 18. Michel/Garelli, ib. p. 240 connect this with rabī eṣī “responsible for wood”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) giš búr || gišgan.u₅ ša upaššaru kišpi AMD 8/1, 165: 23 “the wood of release that undoes witchcraft”. For the equation iṣ pišri = giš/úgan.u₅ = úgan.na see Ambos 2015, 101-103. Abusch et al. 2020, 471 instead suggest identification of giš/úGAN.U₅ with bukānu = úGAN.NA. Cf. also gišgan.u₅ || úgan.u₅ (AMD 8/1, 178: 25), gišgan.u₅.um (AMD 8/1, 222: 196), and giš búr || úgan.na.
LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) kirû gišGIŠIMMAR zaqpi iṣ-ṣi biltu gišGIŠIMMAR.TUR.⸢TUR⸣ Or. 86, 53 no. 3: 1 “an orchard planted with date palm(s), fruit bearing trees, young date palms”. new
Discussion
Also denotes the rib of the palm leaf, see artu.