širku
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Variant: šerku
Meanings:
gift; temple oblate
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantiveroot: šrkIIIpattern: PiRS
1Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) aššum PN mussa ša[nīta]m īḫuzu ana 2 amātim ⸢še-er-ki-ša⸣ .[.]. [2 GÍ]N KÙ.GI u numātim ša PN₂ iddinušim [i]grēma Jursa 1997, 135: 8 eBL “because PN had married a[gai]n, [she] initated proceedings for two slave girls, her gift, .[.]., [two shek]els of gold, and the moveable possessions PN₂ had given her”. as part of the dowry, cf. Jursa 1997, 137. new