minītu

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Variant: manītu
Meanings:
measure, dimension; limbs, physique
de:German: Deutsch Maß, Größe; Gliedmaßen, Körperbau
fr:French: Français mesure, dimension ; membres, physique
Distribution: OB onward(s)OB onward(s): Old Babylonian onwards (ca. 2000 BCE onwards), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantiveroot: mnwIII/w (tertiae infirmae)pattern: PiRSatstem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)
Logogram: UB+, ŠID, UB.NIGIN.NA, UB.NÍGIN.NA
Etymology: Derived < manû IV
1 Lexical
Commentaries

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) [Š]ID : mi-na-a-tú CunMon. 49/2, 171: 28. Commentary Sakikkû V 104′(?). new

21. Measure, size

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts makâtim ša agurrim ma-ni-a-at kisallim simat ilūtiša ana balāṭija ēpušma Wilcke 2017, 472: 40 “for (the well-being of) my life I made pillars of backed bricks (according to) the measurements of the courtyard befitting her divinity”. either referring to the dimensions of the courtyard (as suggested in the translation) or to the shape or size of it (cf. CAD M/2, 88 minītu 2c or d).

MB-LitMB-Lit: Middle Babylonian literary texts ugārum eriški tīdē ma-ni-a-ti-šu ALL, 11: 24 SEAL “The field is plowed for you. You know its size.”

22. Pl. "limbs; body shape, stature"

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) ištânu eṭlu atar (var.: ater) šikit⸢ta⸣ [mi-na-t]i (var.: ⸢mi⸣-na-ta) šurruḫ lubušta udd[u]q (var.: uddu[ḫ ?]) Ludlul III 10 eBL “(in my dream,) there was a certain young man, outstanding in physique, splendid in stature (and) dressed (var.: partially covered) in a (specific?) garment”.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šumma UBmeš-š[ú] ⸢puṭṭurā⸣ Sakikkû XXII 23 “if his limbs are limp”. Corresponds to 34f. in Heeßel 2000. See for this spelling see also Sakikkû XXII 24–26 (36–39a in Heeßel 2000). new

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