ṣēlu
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Variant: ṣēru, OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) ṣalʾu, ṣellu
Meanings:
rib; side
de:German: Deutsch Rippe; Seite
Distribution: OB onward(s)OB onward(s): Old Babylonian onwards (ca. 2000 BCE onwards)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivegender: fem.Femininepattern: PaRSverbal adjective of roots i--gem.
Logogram: TI, uzu
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Etymology: Cf. PSem. *ṣ̂ilaʿ “rib”, see SED 1, 272; Kogan 2011, 217.
1 Lexical
OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ⸢ti-ti⸣-ĝu₁₀ = ṣe-la-⸢a⸣-[a] CUSAS 12, 150: 1 (Ugumu) “the ribs of my two sides”. new
2Further Attestations
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 30 ṣe-ri ina libbiša a[d]dī Finkel 2014, 360: 13 SEAL “I erected in it (the ship) 30 ribs”. new
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) birīt ⸢ṣe-e-ri⸣-ša Finkel 2014, 362: 29 SEAL “between its (the ship’s) ribs”. new