šibbatu
4Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina ši-ib-ba-at kakkīma nidūk ARM 35, 95: 58 ARCHIBAB “we killed them by force of weapons”. new
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) uzz[u t]amḫāṣu ši-ib!-ba-tu u nâḫu … kûmma Ištar Ištar Louvre i 21 SEAL “anger, battle, force, calmness, … is yours, Ištar”. see Groneberg 1997, 41, n. 32 and 118, n. 27; Streck 2003b, 310, n. 21. new
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (lā) aprik Ištar ana ši-ba-tu panīki Ištar Baghdad: 21, 23 SEAL “I have (not) opposed the force of your face, Ištar”. new
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šarrašu PN ina ši-ib-ba-at kakkija dannim urruḫiš akmīšuma BagM 34, 144 viii 11 “with the force of my mighty weapon I swiftly defeated its king, PN”. new
Discussion
The ref. from Antagal given in AHw. for this word is more likely to be read izi tar-tar-re = ši-mit išāti CT 19, 22 i 9 “to cut with fire = brand” (see already CAD Š/3, 9a; MSL 17; DCCLT), perhaps inspired by the correspondence of nam-tar with šīmtu “fate”.