pû I
41. Mouth
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) utukkiš mašlū u ištēn šīršu⸢nu⸣ pa-a (∥ pa-aʾ) iteddu Ludlul I 67 eBL “(the group of seven) are like an evil demon, and one is their flesh, (but) equipped with a mouth (for each)”. For the distributive understanding of the problematic Gtn stative-form cf. George/Al-Rawi 1998, 199: 67 (＜ nadû). new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) ina ⸢pi⸣-ia naḫbalu nadīma u napraku sekir šaptīja Ludlul II 84 eBL “a net was placed over my mouth and a bolt blocked my lips”.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) aklu ⸢napšat⸣ nišī u[ṭī]b? ⸢eli⸣ KA-⸢ia⸣ Ludlul IV Sec. A 18 eBL “bread, the sustenance of the people, he m[ade ple]asant(?) for m[y] mouth”. Diff. Hätinen 2025, 18 (“He made bread, what befits people,” reading ⸢si⸣-mat UNmeš instead).
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) pi-ia (∥ pi-ía) ša uktattimu Ludlul III 90 eBL “my mouth, which had been covered”.
82. Speech
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šumma ištanaʾʾi KA imtanaqqussu itti libbišu iddanabbub ṣūḫ lā pakki iṣṣenêḫ Sakikkû XXII 5 “if he wanders around (and) keeps speaking irritably, he is always thinking, (and) laughs without reason”. Corresponds to 6f. in Heeßel 2000. Note the discussion concerning the differentiation from ina pî maqātu “to speak solemnly” in Kraus 1947, 203f. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) KA ŠEŠmeš ina māti ibašši LAOS 15, 210f.: 11 (EAE) “there will be bitter mouths in the country”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ḫaššu pi-i ḫanšê (∥ ḫaššê) šubalkut Ludlul I 63 eBL “the fifth has incited the open talk of the fiftieth”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) pi ša ⸢ar⸣dāti pagarka lā tešš⸢ir?⸣ (∥ lā tašeʾʾi) Counsels of Wisdom: A+19 eBL “do not direct(?) yourself (according to) (∥ seek out) the talk of young women!”
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina pi-i ⸢nišī⸣kama [k]īʾam ē tašme Counsels of Wisdom: A+21 eBL “you shall not hear your such (things) from your people's mouth”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) lušnīma ša pi-i (∥ KA) nišī gana luqbika Counsels of Wisdom: A+44 eBL “come, I shall tell you a second time what people say!”
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) kīma kaspi ina KA nišī balāṭu libši BBR, 26 iii 9 “may (my) life be like silver in people’s talk”. || SpTU 2, 12 ii 14. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina KA nišī balāṭu lū dār BBR, 26 iii 11 “may (my) life last forever in people’s talk”. || CT 51, 195: 3’ || SpTU 2, 12 ii 16. new
23. Command
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (Adad) ša [ina] ipiš pí-šu BagM 34, 140 ii 2 “(Adad) [by] whose command”. new
MA-LitMA-Lit: Middle Assyrian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) naspuḫ nišēšu ḫalāq mātišu ina pi-i-šu-nu kabte liqbû Wilcke 2010, 434 vii 34 “may the desintegration of his people (and) the ruin of his land be ordered by their serious command”. new
14. Mouth of a river or canal
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) (ina) pi-i nārija umaṭṭiṭū sakīka Ludlul I 100 eBL “they ruined the mouth (of) my canal with silt”.
15. In p. patrim 'mouth of the dagger'
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 1616 ina libbišunu ana pi-i patrim aškun RIMB 2, 296 ii 7 “I executed 1616 (men) among them (lit., 'set to the mouth of the dagger')”. See also RIMB 2, 302 ii 11; RIMB 2, 310 ii 11 and passim. new
16. In p. ištēniš
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [ki]-⸢i⸣ pi-i iš-te-niš umaʾʾeršunūtima Frazer/Adalı 2021, 233 i 21 “I ruled them with one intention”. See also Lambert 2013, 324: 31. new