salḫu I
21. Irrigated area
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) warkat sa-la-ḫi-im ša awīlī GN išaḫḫiṭūma ARM 27, 161: 35 “they will attack the back of the irrigated zone occupied by the men of GN”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) sa-la-ḫa-am ša GN išḫiṭ ARM 28, 65: 55 “he attacked the irrigated zone of GN”. new
12. Flock that grazes on the irrigated area
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) sa-al-ḫa-am ana libbi mātim uwaššerma ina sisîm ark[a]bma ina 60 awīlī adi GN ana pan sa-al-hi-šu allik RATL, 11: 5-11 “(the enemy) released the grazing flock towards inland. I rode a horse and with 60 men I went ahead of the flock”. new
Discussion
The interpretation proposed in AHw as “lambs that are still wet behind the ears” (viz., which are still wet with amniotic fluid) seems unlikely. However, the term could refer to the part of the herd (especially for the instance AbB 14, 132: 8; see also the endnotes in CAD S 99 salḫû) that grazes on the wet/irrigated areas, to which this term apparently also refers (similar to sulḫu II, also OB).