sapsapu
REVIEW
Meanings:
mustache; upper lip, philtrum; fringe (of garment)
de:German: Deutsch Schnurrbart; Oberlippe, Philtrum; Fransen (an einem Kleidungsstück)
fr:French: Français moustache ; lèvre supérieure, philtrum ; frange (d'un vêtement)
Distribution: MA (?)MA: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1500–1000 BCE) — uncertain dating, SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivenumber: NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) pl. fem.Plural feminine
sapsapātu
(Bab. perhaps masc.)pattern: PaSPaS
Etymology: Inherited Cf. Hebr. śāfām “mustache, upper lip”, see SED 1, 235.
1Upper lip, philtrum
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) kappīšunu sa-ap-sa-pi-šú-nu aššīma RIMB 2, 293: 38 “I removed their hands (and) their philtri”. See also RIMB 2, 196 ii 8; RIMB 2, 310 ii 12 and passim. new
Discussion
For the meaning “mustache” see also George 1996.