nikiltu

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Meanings:
skill, cleverness, cunning, deceit
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivegender: fem.Feminineroot: nklI/n (primae nūn)pattern: PiRiSt
Etymology: Inherited Akk.Akkadian
5Attestations

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts ina šipir ni-ki-il-tim ša mārūt ummiʾānūtim teṣbîš epšu BagM 34, 148: xiii 7 “admirably fashioned into a skillful work by expert craftsmanship”.

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts karaš nik-la-a-ti RINAP 2, 494: 8 RINAP “(who has) an ingenious mind, who is well behaved”. said of Marduk.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) [n]ik-la-a-ti amēlūti ušabbal šāru ORA 7, 318: 2 eBL “(DN) makes the wind carry off the deceits of mankind”. sim. ll. 24, 28, 54.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) rikis nik-la-a-⸢tì⸣ raggi ORA 7, 318ff.: 3 “the knot of deceits of the evil man”. rikis ni-kil-ti ib. 7, 17 “knot of deceit”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ni-ik-la-a-ti ramnišu meḫû libāʾ ORA 7, 318ff.: 61 “may the storm overcome his own deceitfulness”. new

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