šudingirrakku
REVIEW
Meanings:
‘hand of god’-disease (associated with epilepsy)
de:German: Deutsch 'Gotteshand'-Krankheit (assoziiert mit Epilepsie)
fr:French: Français « main de dieu » - maladie (associée à l'épilepsie)
Distribution: SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Logogram: ŠU.DINGIR.RA
Etymology: Borrowed < Sum.Sumerian šu-dingir-ra
1Attestations
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šumma KI.MIN (murṣa arka maruṣma) ŠU.DINGIR.RA itâršu Sakikkû XXVIII 21 “if ditto (he suffers from a long disease and) it develops for him to ‘hand of god’-disease”. Corresponds to 33 in Heeßel 2000. new
Discussion
For the differenciation of šudingirrakku and qāt ili “hand of a god” (as disease originator), see Heeßel 2000, 49–52.