šuḫḫiṭṭātu
HAPAXHapax legomenon: this word is attested only onceREVIEW
Meanings:
torn-off things (?)
de:German: Deutsch Abgerissenes (?)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantiveroot: šḫṭIII
Etymology: Derived ＜ šaḫāṭu II
1 Lexical
Commentaries
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) (comm.) šu-ḫa-at-ti er-ru-šú : šu-uḫ-ḫi-iṭ-ṭa-a-ti CunMon. 49 2, 237: 15 “rag(-like matter?) of his entrails : torn-off things(?)”. Commentary Sakikkû XIV 78. The form represents a commentary on the form šuḫatti erri “rag(-like matter?) of the entrails.” The scribe tried to link the word šuḫattu with the verb šaḫāṭu II, interpreting it to refer to matter that has been torn away inside the entrails and then expelled through the anus.
Discussion
The term seems to represent an ad-hoc explanation of the unusual expression šuḫatti errīšu, “rag(-like material) from his entrails”, rather than part of the contemporary lexicon.