karpu
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Meanings:
pot
de:German: Deutsch Topf
fr:French: Français cocotte
Distribution: OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE), SB (?)SB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) — uncertain dating
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivepattern: PaRSverbal adjective of roots i--gem.
Etymology: Inherited (?) According to Kaufman 1974, 63, the word karpatu (which is derived from Akk. karpu, which is, so far, only attested in OA period) may represent an “old culture word” in Aram. and Ug., probably derived from Akk., see also Kogan 2015, 367.
1In SB
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) l[ibb]û itteḫpi kar-pi (|| kar-pat) ḫaṣbūmma ⸢imtūt⸣ [amēlu ?] CunMon. 49/2, 6: 5 “as in ‘(as) a pot has been broken into a potsherd so [a man(?)] has died’”. Commentary Sakikkû I 2. Cf. the parallel Wee 2019, 30: 3′. The var. suggests that the spelling may represent a scribal lapsus for kar-pat!. new