sapḫu

The attestations of the spelling BIR-ti, which are often combined with substances like buqlu “malt” and measurements have been understood in AHw 1026 sapḫu 5 as “scattered material” (“Verstreutes”); cf. also the short discussion in the end notes in CAD S 164 sapḫu. However, the spelling might represent an abbreviated form of the frequently attested ši-bir-ti buqli “lump of malt” (see buqlu).