sīḫu II
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Variant:
šīḫu
(1×)
Meanings:
(a medicinal plant, probably a resinous tree) (?)
de:German: Deutsch (eine Heilpflanze, wahrscheinlich ein harzhaltiger Baum) (?)
fr:French: Français (une plante médicinale, probablement un arbre résineux) (?)
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE), MB-Bo.MB-Bo.: Middle Babylonian texts from Boğazköy/Hattuša (ca. 1500–1200 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivepattern: PīS (?)
Etymology: Inherited (?) Cf. CAD S 242, referring to DAB 360f., according to which the designation may be related to Arab. šīḥ “wormwood” (Wermut artemisia).
1 Lexical
Commentaries
SB-LexSB-Lex: Standard Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) [argan]nu : si-i-ḫu KAL 15, 18: 4. Commentary on Hh III, 117. new
1As materia medica et magica
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) si-ḫu-um CUSAS 32, 140 no. 30f-g iii 22. Together with dung, beer sludge and aromatic ingredients in a recipe accompanying a bone incantation. new