lillu I

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Meanings:
fool, idiot; foolish, stupid
de:German: Deutsch Dummkopf, Idiot; dumm, einfältig
Distribution: OAkkOAkk: Old Akkadian (ca. 2350–2100 BCE), Ur IIIUr III: Ur III (ca. 2100–2000 BCE), OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE), OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive, adj.Adjective
Logogram: LIL
Etymology: Borrowed < Sum.Sumerian (?) See Sum. lil, líl etc.? Cf. Streck 2009–2011, 190 § 2.6; Mayer 2013, 250f.
41. In general

OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) mīššum awâtim li-lá-tim taštanapparīm AKT 3, 79: 3 “why do you write me stupid words?” also ib. no. 80: 29. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) awāt PN li-il Shemshara 1, 4: 6 “the word of PN is foolish”. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) PN li-il CRRAI 42, 498: 12 ARCHIBAB “PN is a fool”. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina ša li-il-lu u ṭēmšu maqtu Shemshara 1, 4: 12 “since he is a fool and his mind is ‘fallen’”. also li-[i]l-li-im ib. 70: 7 (broken context). new

42. In literature

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) nadnaššu ana lil-li šuršumme [šikari] kīma ḫimēti šamna ⸢gunna⸣ Gilg. SB X 272 eBL “to a fool dregs of [beer] are given, instead of ghee, cheap oil”. see Kaskal 17, 241 BM 34160+BM 34306.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) matīmā PN ana li[il-li ...] || an[a li]l-lu īpuš ē[kalla] kussâ ina puḫri iddûma tišab iqbû[šu] Gilg. SB X 270 eBL “did one ever make a pa[lace] for a fool, did they place a throne in the assembly and say [to him]: ‘Sit!’?” see Kaskal 17, 241 BM 34160+BM 34306.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) uqarrad lil-la akâ udannan Jiménez 2017, 168: 13 eBL “I make a hero of the fool, I strengthen the cripple”. Completes BWL 166 no. 5.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) limtalkū lil-lu nuʾû amēlu minâ tall[ikā] adi maḫrija PN Gilg. SB V 116 eBL “let the fool, PN, (and) the stupid man consult each other: why have you com[e] into my presence”. George 2003: V 86.

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