kimṣu

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Variant: kinṣu, kiṣṣu
Meanings:
shin, calf, lower leg
de:German: Deutsch Schienbein, Wade, Unterschenkel
fr:French: Français tibia, mollet, jambe
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts, MB-NuziMB-Nuzi: Middle Babylonian texts from Nuzi (ca. 1500–1200 BCE), MB-Bo.MB-Bo.: Middle Babylonian texts from Boğazköy/Hattuša (ca. 1500–1200 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), NBNB: Neo Babylonian (ca. 1000–626 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Logogram: DU₁₀.GAM (perhaps read DU₁₀.GÚR)
Etymology: Inherited (?) The Akk. word can hardly be separated from kamāsu II (var. kamāṣu) “to kneel, bend”. Acc. to SED 1, 172, the term represents nonethelss a primary noun, connected with PS *q(ʷ)Vjṣ, *k(ʷ)Vṣṣ “joint, point of connection between bones”, (cf. also SEDo).
2Attestations

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ⸢šumma⸣ ⸢ki-mi-is?-su? ⸣ (|| [...]- is-su) ša imitti ikkalšu Sakikkû XIV 183′ “if his right lower leg hurts him”. See also Sakikkû XIV 184′ ([ki-m]i-is-su). new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) kin*-ṣi !* šerʾānū ša elēnū asīdu CunMon. 49/2, 237: 12 “calf (refers to) the strands (or: muscles) above the heel”. Commentary Sakikkû XIV 61(?). Not translated in Wee 2019, 241 (reading ig(?) lu(?)). Note also the astr. comm. TCL 6 18 r. 15. new

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See also:
kamāsu II
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