pirṭu
NEWNot documented in AHw or CADREVIEW
Variant: perṭu
Meanings:
gutting, scaling (of fish) (?)
de:German: Deutsch Ausnehmen, Schuppen (?)
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantiveroot: prṭIIIpattern: PiRS
Etymology: Inherited
1Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) 908 NUN.SÌLAku₆ ana pi-ir-ṭì-im ilqē PN lú⸢x-x⸣ BagM 20, 247 no. 44: 6 ARCHIBAB “the ... PN has taken 908 NUN.SÌLA-fish for p.” From parāṭu (cf. Sanati-Müller ibid. 237), the Semitic cognates of which suggest a meaning “to split open”. Here perhaps a way of preparation such as “gutting” or “scaling”. Sanati-Müller ibid. suggests the removal of spoiled fish.