pitiltu
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Meanings:
string, cord, twine
de:German: Deutsch Schnur, Kordel
Distribution: OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD), OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE), MB-NuziMB-Nuzi: Middle Babylonian texts from Nuzi (ca. 1500–1200 BCE), MB-Bo.MB-Bo.: Middle Babylonian texts from Boğazköy/Hattuša (ca. 1500–1200 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Domain: Ropes and ropeworks
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivegender: fem.Feminineroot: ptlIIIpattern: PiRiSt
Etymology: Derived ＜ patālu
3Attestations
OA-LitOA-Lit: Old Assyrian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) adī Ga-Ku-sà-am u pì-tí-il₅-tám anaddīʾukinni AML, 169: 13 SEAL “until I put a lid(?) and string on you”. Said to the diqāru-pot. new
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts liptilkum É bi-ti pí-[t]i-il-tam Finkel 2014, 359: 11 SEAL “let my temple (personnel) twist a rope for you”. the reading follows the collations of George 2016, 445 and Wasserman 2020, 71.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) šībūti i[zabb]bilū pi-⸢til!?-ta⸣ Gilg. SB: XI 54 eBL “the old men brought rope of palm-fiber”. Cf. George 2003, 881.