lemnu (fem. lemuttu, lamuttu)
7Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ⸢dan⸣nišma le-mu-un AS 22, 28: 20 “it is very wicked”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ⸢lu⸣šalmidma nišī qitruba gamālšin ḫissassu dameqtu lem-na litbal Ludlul I 40 eBL “I will teach the people that their rescuing is imminent—a good realization (lit.: understanding) of him (viz. Marduk) shall carry off evil”. The reading lem-na instead of [x (x)]-ši-na (see Oshima 2014, 80; Lenzi 2023, 66) follows Hätinen 2022: 40. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) amēlu šū ḪUL (|| lem-nu) ṣabissu Sakikkû X 18 “that man, an evil (demon) has seized him”. Cf. the parallel BM 40183+ o 13f. (note the var. beginning šumma lem-nu ina kišādišu...) See also Sakikkû III 91; Sakikkû XXVII 10–13 (14–19 in Heeßel 2000). new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ana lem-nu ana amēli lā iṭeḫḫe Nougayrol 1979, 65 iii 12′ eBL “for an evil (demon), that he not approaches a man”. Following the parallel of Sakikkû XXVII 12 (AO 7760 iii 7′f.; with diagnosis amēlu šū ḪU[L...]). new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) (ana) kašād ḪUL me-šú RINAP 2, 493: 7 “(for the sake of) overcoming the enemies”.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) ina pī sūqi le-mun eggerrūʾa Ludlul I 53 eBL “my reputation was (perceived as) bad in the mouth(s) on the street”.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) ana aḫî aḫī itūra ana lem-ni u gallê itūra ibrī Ludlul I 85 eBL “my brother turned into a stranger, my friend(s) turned wicked and into a(n evil) g.-demon”.