ṣerretu I
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Variant: ṣarratu, ṣerratu
Meanings:
nose-rope
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Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantiveroot: ṣrrII/gem (mediae geminatae)pattern: PaRSatverbal adjective of roots i--gem., in fem. also concrete nouns designating the quality expressed by the adjective (?)
Etymology: Derived ＜ ṣarāru II (?) Cf. Aram./Syr./Mand. ṣrr “to bind together”, see Sokoloff 2002, 974; Sokoloff 2009, 1304; “to surround, tie up” Drower/Macúch 1963, 391, 397.
2Attestations
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ṣe-re-et-su ṣalmat : ṣe-re -[ et-su] dammat SpTU 1, 90: 9–10 (EAE) “its (a planet's) nose-rope is black (means) his nose-rope is dark-red”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šumma šarūr Šamši ša imitti ṣe-rat (...) ṣe-re-tú : išdu PIHANS 73, 64: 6 (EAE) eBL “if the right radiance of the Sun is a nose-rope (...) ṣerretu (refers to the) bottom.” Referring to the bottom part of a solar halo. new