silakku

- Included in a list of rare terms for ālu city in mš 1: 203 with Dorf? suggested by Hrůša in AOAT 50, but with an uncertain meaning and no other attestations as a city term. Wasserman (2006, 204ff) argues that the term was erroneously added to mš in lieu of alûm “a ghost, a demon” and a homonym for the Akk. ālum and instead equates silakkum with “twilight-time.” - First attested as Íd sī-lá-ku in OB referring to a river, location and commercial entity, also in PNs (refs) e.g. “my mother” and “my father” suggesting a deified and therefore natural watercourse. - unclear meaning in MB Nippur temple archive text ana rimki ša ṣēri/ arḫi ša si-la-ku-ša. - Frequently attested in Nuzi PNs, as Silakku or Zilakku - Asakku demon of Anum listed in seven children of Enmešarra (dsi-lak-ki Á.SÀG da-nim. and associated with the dusk demoness Bariritu in 1st millennium (Šurpu and various incantations). - Livingstone argues for an association with an orchard (manāḫtu) in an NB scholarly explanatory text outlining associations between deities and objects/ locations.