nalpatu
9Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 1 na-al-pa-tu {15} 1/2 MA.NA 2 na-al-pa-tu 10 GÍN-ÀM ARM 32, 261 M.18115 : 7f. ARCHIBAB “1 n. 1/2 mina (bronze), 2 n. 10 shekels each”. and passim in this text (list of a carpenter's tools). new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 10 na-al-pa-ti ARM 21, 258: 8 ARCHIBAB. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [1] na-al-pa-tum ARM 23, 261 no. 283: 6 ARCHIBAB. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [1] na- ＜＜PA＞＞ -al-pa-tum ARM 24, 283: 6 ARCHIBAB “[1] n.” new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 3 na-al-pí-ti ARM 32, 385 M.12022 : 10 ARCHIBAB. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 1 na-al-pí-[tum] ARM 24, 290 iii 2. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 1 na-al-pí-tu ZABAR ARM 32, 246 iii 51. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [n] na-al-pí-tu 10 GÍN-ÀM ARM 26/1, 278 no. 111: 19 “n n. -tools 10 shekels each”. (list of weapons and tools). Prev. cit. AHw. 724 and CAD N/1 201 s.v. nalbītu). new
LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ⸢1 na⸣-al-pat AN.BAR YOS 24, 90: 5 “1 iron n.” new
Discussion
See Arkhipov 2012, 138. In ARM 21, 258, the pl. is clearly nalpatī (sg. forms always have mimation in this text); in ARM 32, 385, a pl. nalpitī might be attested. This proves a masc. nalpatu (with by-form nalpitu) besides the fem. nalpattu. The LB refs. for the tool cit. in CAD nalpattu 1b (sg. na-al-pa-tum and the pl. forms na-al-pat-a-tu/ta and na-al-pa-a-ta; for the pl. see Deller/Mayer/Sommerfeld 1987, 199), in fact belong to nalpatu. Thus all refs. for nalpatu denote a tool, whereas nalpattu designates a bowl.