kawarḫu
1Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina panītim aššum ka-wa-ar-ḫi ašpurakkumma ka-wa-ar-ḫi šunūti ul tušābilam annītam bēlī išpuram mimma aššum ka-wa-ar-ḫi ina panītim bēlī ul išpuram ... PN illikamma 4 ka-wa-ar-ḫi ša maškī ḫa-ar-mu ilqē inanna anūmma 3 ka-wa-ar-ḫu (sic) ša maškī ḫa-ar-mu u 2 ka-wa-ar-ḫi ša [š]ārtim ana qāt PN [...] ARM 27, 51: 5–13 ARCHIBAB “'earlier, I wrote you about k. but you did not send me those k. ' This my lord wrote me. Earlier, my lord did not write me anything about k. ... PN came and took 4 k. enveloped in (their) skin. Now then I [entrusted] 3 k. enveloped in (their) skin and 2 k. with hair to PN”. new
Discussion
Birot 1993, 112f., relates the word to the fish kamāru III. However, the words kawarḫu and kamāru are different, the det. ku₆ is missing, and skin and hair rather favor an animal with a hide.