kūṣu
2 Lexical
Lexical Lists
MB-LexMB-Lex: Middle Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) se-⸢e⸣ = LUL = ku-uṣ-ṣú-um CUSAS 12, 13: 248 (Ea) DCCLT. new
Commentaries
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) [SE]D : ku-uṣ : SED ḫurbāšu CunMon. 49/2, 270: 19 “[SE]D (means) coldness, SED (means also) chills”. Commentary Sakikkû XIX/XX 54′ (53′ in Heeßel 2000). new
31. As chill(s), ague
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (winter has arrived) assurre emārum ištēn u šinā ku-ṣa-am ē iršīʾū(ma) AKT 11a, 18: 18 “under no circumstances shall one or two donkeys catch cold”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ištēssu umma ištēssu SED aḫu mala aḫi irtanašši ... arkānu SED u zuʾta irtaši Sakikkû XVII 2 “he repeatedly gets either fever or chill, one as much as the other (...) afterwards, he develops chill and sweat”. Corresponds to 4–7 in Heeßel 2000. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ku-uṣ-ṣu imtana⸢qq⸣utaššu Sakikkû XIX/XX 54′ “chill keeps overcoming him again and again”. Corresponds to 53′ in Heeßel 2000. Diff. Heeßel 2000, 229 (reading ku-uṣ-ṣi ru-⸢x⸣-ta-šú without transliteration). See for the reading Schmidtchen 2025, 170. new
62. As winter, cold season
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ku-ṣú-um AKT 8, 253: 19 “it is winter!” new
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ku-ṣú sanqū AKT 11a, 18: 16 “winter has arrived”. new
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ana ku-ú-ṣí-im KTS 2, 40: 26. unusual spelling in OA. new
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ana ku-ṣí-im nimūʾat AKT 8, 262: 20 “we will be dead by winter!” sim. kt n/k 715: 22 (Günbattı 2016, 278). new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ⸢ku⸣-uṣ-ṣa-am-ma [b]ēlī ammīnim lā iqbêm FM 3, 263 no. 129: 13 ARCHIBAB “why did my lord not tell me in winter?” new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina ku-uṣ-ṣi imât Sakikkû XXII 60 “he will die during the cold (season)”. Correspdons to 71f. in Heeßel 2000. new
43. Further Attestations
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) annākam kīma ku-ṣú dannūnīma AKT 8, 189: 36 “since the cold is severe here”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ku-úṣ-ṣum u ⸢uklum⸣ ikallanni AbB 8, 100: 9 ARCHIBAB “cold and darkness are detaining me”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) ina ūm tīk šamê aššu ku-ṣu CunMon. 49/2, 171: 27 “(he will die) on a rainy day, (means) because of coldness”. Commentary Sakikkû V 100′. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) (comm.) [... šurupp]û ḫurbāšu munaššir napḫar [mimma šumšu (...) : šurupp]û ? : ku-ṣi CunMon. 49/2, 316 o. 1f. “[... fros]t, chill that diminishes all [there is (endowed) with name (...) : fros]t (means) coldness”. Commentary Sakikkû XXXIV (unknown entry).