lilû

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Variant: liliʾu
Meanings:
(a demon or specter)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Logogram: LÍL.LÁ.EN.NA, LÚ.LÍL.LÁ, KI.SIKIL.LÍL.LÁ.EN.NA
2 Lexical

OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) líl-líl-le-gi₄ = li-li-ú-um , líl-líl-gi₄-a = li-li-i-tum UET 7, 93 r. 21f. See Sjöberg ib. p. 233. The uncontracted form liliʾu (?) is not attested elsewhere. new

OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ki-sikil-en-líl-lá = war⸢dat⸣ li!-li JNES 79, 52: 2 DCCLT “female lilû -demon”. new

6Further Attestations

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina uzzim ša li-li-im iḫiʾʾar mātam AML, 164: 8 SEAL “in a lilû -demon's rage she (Lamaštu) browses the country”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ana sinništi LÍL.LÁ.EN.NA ana zikari lilītu Sakikkû XXVI 21′ “for a woman, it is a (male) l .-spirit; for a man, it is a (female) l .-spirit”. Corresponds to 30′ in Heeßel 2000. See also Sakikkû XXVI 35′ (45′–47′ in Heeßel 2000) and passim in this tablet. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [...] ardat lilî ilabbirma ? LÚ.LÍL.LÁ Sakikkû XXII 40 “[...] a l .-maiden; if it lingers(?), (it is/becomes) the (an adult) l .-spirit”. Corresponds to 51f. in Heeßel 2000. See also Sakikkû XXII 41 (53f. in Heeßel 2000) (qāt LÚ.LÍL.LA). new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) qāt LÍL.LÁ.EN.[NA] Sakikkû XXVI 32′ “hand of a l .-spi[rit]”. Corresponds to 41′ in Heeßel 2000. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) qāt LÍL.LÁ.EN.NA sarru Sakikkû XXVI 36′ “hand of a deceitful l .-spirit”. Corresponds to 48′f. in Heeßel 2000. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) qāt KI.SIKIL.LÍL.L[Á.EN.NA] Sakikkû XXVI 30′ “hand of a l .-maid[en]”. See also Sakikkû XXVI 3′, 31′, 35′, 60′ (40′, 45′f., 84′ in Heeßel 2000). new

Discussion

See Farber 1987, 23.

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