qitmu
3Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (1/2 SÌLA oil) ana qalê qí-it-mi ARM 30, 558f. T.105 9 ARCHIBAB “for heating(?) q.” perhaps referring to the manufacture of a paste out of the mineral. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) innuḫaram qí-it-ma-[am] u šammam pālišam ina panīšunu liššûnim ARM 26/1, 298 no. 134: 8 ARCHIBAB “they must supply white alum, black alum, and drill-emery as soon as possible”. See also no. 297: 7, 12 (Charpin 1989–90, 105). new
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) qit!-ma šaptāšu kalûm panūšu AML, 51: 7 SEAL “black paste are its lips, yellow-ochre paste is its face”. see qí-it-ma šaptāš[u] ib. 50: 19. new
Discussion
While black in color, q. does not appear to be a dye, but perhaps a type of mordant or other material used in leather work (cf. Thavapalan 2020, 187).
The mng. “black discoloration” (CAD Q 282, AHw. 924) is doubtful; the ref. ARM 13, 18 cit. ib. might belong to kitmu.