katāpu
5Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) 1 kà-tá-pum KTT, 53: 5, 15; , 54: 10. (in lists of weapons and other objects).
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) giška-ta-pu-um KÙ.GI muḫḫašu u išissu KÙ.GI ARM 25, 608: 9 “1 k . made of gold, its top and its base made of gold”. .
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) giška-ta-pu ZABAR īnātūšu KÙ.BABBAR ARM 25, 608: ed. 1 “1 k . made of bronze, its eyes are of silver”. .
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) pādū ša ka-ta-pí FM 7, 114 no. 30: 20 “handles for k . weapons”. .
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) PN wakil LÚmeš ka-ta-pí Akkadica 126, 46: 3 “PN, overseer of the k.-bearers”. also in unpubl. OB Ebla text cit. RA 98, 123 n. 6. See Kupper 2006.
Discussion
MB see Emar 6/3, 44, 45, 46.
See AHw. and CAD s.v. katappu, but as none of the refs. for the weapon have double p, the form is more likely katāpu.