namzāqu
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Variant: nanzāqu
Meanings:
latch hook (?)
Distribution: MB-NuziMB-Nuzi: Middle Babylonian texts from Nuzi (ca. 1500–1200 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
1 Lexical
OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [giš]è = nam-za-qum MSL SS 1, 97: 8 DCCLT. new
1Further Attestations
MB-NuziMB-Nuzi: Middle Babylonian texts from Nuzi (ca. 1500–1200 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 2 nam-za-qú ša siparri SCCNH 1, 390: 21 “2 bronze latch hooks”. new
Discussion
For the meaning “latch hook” or the like rather than “key”, see Leichty 1987, 191f.