muttatu I
2 Lexical
OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) kiš₄-a-ak = mu-ta-tum MSL SS 1, 20 ii 28 (Sag) DCCLT. new
OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ⸢kiši₄⸣-kiši₄-ge₁₇ = mu-ta-tu-ú-a BBVOT 3, 63: 20 (Ugumu) DCCLT “my halves (of the head)”. Cf. [kiši₄]-⸢kiši₄⸣-ge₁₇ = bāmtāja ib. 25 “my ribcage” (＜ bāmtu, also mng. “half”). The text consistently uses GIG (ge₁₇) for the Sumerian possessive pronoun (usually ĝu₁₀). new
4Further Attestations
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) anāku u PN mu-ta-a kaspam lū nišqul AKT 6a, 220: 30 “I and PN will pay half the silver each”. new
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) mu-ta-a mu-ta-ma izūzā AMM 1989, 53f. 153-172-64 (kt b/k 177) 7. See GOA 293 for add. attestations. Pace Hertel 2010 not a separate noun muttu. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) PN ina mu-ut-ta-at libbišu ittī bēlija ītawwū ARM 26/2, 308: 27 “PN speaks (only) half-heartedly to my lord”.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) [mut-tu-tu am]mašid abbutt[a appašir ... (al)l]abiš eri[nna ? ...] Ludlul IV Sec. B 10 eBL “[I have been s]troked [on the parting, I was relieved] from the (hair-style as) mark of slavery, [... I(?)] was clad [...], the neck-stoc[k ...]”. i+10 in Hätinen 2022c. Restorations according to comm. K.3291 r 32.