kakkabu
1 Lexical
Commentaries
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) [bi]rṣu = kak-ka-bu CunMon. 49/2, 73: 12 “[a bi]rṣu .-flash (refers to shooting?) a star”. Commentary Sakikkû II 78 (72 in Heeßel 2001/2002). new
21. In magic
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) aṣbat pī ka-ka-bi ina šamāja AML, 84: 1 SEAL “I seized the mouth of the stars in my sky (i.e. above me)”. perhaps referring to the constellation scorpio in an incantation against scorpions. new
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [ka-ak-k]a-ab ka-ak-ka-a[b] šinnī marṣat AML, 47: 36 SEAL “'star, star, my tooth is sick!'”. new
22. As metal ornaments
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 17 kà-ku-bu-ú ša kaspim Anatolica 41, 39 no. kt c/k 18: 45 “17 stars of silver”. In a list of precious objects. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) qa-ka-ba-at kaspim u ḫurāṣim Charpin 1989–90, 94 no. A.2576: 5 “stars of silver and gold”. See Arkhipov 2012, 46f. for add. OB refs. new