muqqaru
1 Lexical
SB-LexSB-Lex: Standard Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) na₄-šu-[gul]-gul = mu-qu-rum MSL 10, 45: 214f (Hh) “lower millstone”. following na₄-an!-ta = nàr-ka-bu “upper millstone”; see also Stol 1979, 90; cf. gul = na-qa-ru šá NA₄.ḪAR CT 18, 34 iii 32 and CT 19, 43 no. K.11182: r 2. new
3Further Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) kīma mu-qá-ri-im kupputma u dan YOS 10, 56 ii 27 “(if a malformed newborn lamb) is curved(?) and hard like a millstone”. CAD M/1, 33a, b, interprets mu-GA-ri-im here as magarru “wheel”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) šumma sinniltu mu-qa-ra (ūlid) TCS 4, 35: 44 “if a woman gives birth to a mole”.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) šumma šaḫītu mu-qá-ra ūlid SpTU 3, 94: 83 eBL “if a pig gives birth to a mole”.
Discussion
See Stol 2000, 161: “millstone” refers to a blighted ovum or “mole”, a calcified stone “which could remain in a woman’s body for many years”.