kappu I

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Meanings:
wing, plumage; flank
de:German: Deutsch Flügel, Gefieder; Flanke
fr:French: Français aile, plumage ; flanc
Distribution: OB onward(s)OB onward(s): Old Babylonian onwards (ca. 2000 BCE onwards), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantiveroot: knpIIIpattern: PaRSverbal adjective of roots i--gem.
Logogram: PA
Etymology: Inherited Cf. PS *kanap (SEDo).
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Commentaries

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) SIG₇ šur-ru ⸢kap-pi⸣ [ī]ni CunMon. 49/2, 171: 23 “SIG₇ (means) eyebrow (or may refer to) the eye[l]id”. Commentary Sakikkû V (unknown entry). new

31. "wing, plumage"

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ⸢kap⸣ lurmim šūbilam ARM 28, 43: 16 “send me the wing of an ostrich!” new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 1 TÚG kap lurme ARM 30, 369 M.12814 ii 1 ARCHIBAB “1 garment of/with ostrich plumage”. See ib. p. 105f. for further refs. and disc. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) dannata kap-pí ! summata umaššir illik itūra ušāniḫ kap-pí-ša OBO 290, 88: 11–13 “I released a dove, strong-of-wings. She went forth and came back, exhausted her wings”. new

12. "flank"

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [k] a-pa-an imittam u šumēlam dawdâm idūkā FM 3, 146 no. 14: 13 “the right and left flanks inflicted defeat”. new

33. A bead (in OB)

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ša kap-pí ša pappardilîm ARM 21, 223: 39 “of k. made from pappardilû -stone”. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 1 kišādu ša kap-pí uqnîm ARM 32, 461 M.7748 3 “1 necklace of k. made from lapis lazuli”. Also 465 M.8353+: 2, 3; 483 M.14335 r. 4. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 1 kišādu ka-ap-pí uqnîm ARM 32, 191 A.3490 2, 4. Cf. ARM 31, 546 no. 287 r. 11. new

Discussion

For the referrence to a bead: see Arkhipov 2012, 47. If the term here is not identical with kappu I, it is perhaps derived from kapāpu “to curve”.

For the use of “plumes” as decoration on a helmet, see qurpissu.

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