ṣiddu
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Variant: ṣindu
Meanings:
foreigner; riffraff, common people
de:German: Deutsch Ausländer; Gesindel, das einfache Volk
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Etymology: Uncertain
1Attestations
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) Uncertain: ša ṣí-di MesCiv. 7, 11 iii 129 “(one in charge) of the foreigners (?)”. In list of professions, preceded by KUN.GÁL (Westenholz 1997, 162f.: gugallu “canal inspector”?) and followed by ša ADDIR, probably ša nēberim “ferry man”. The word ṣiddu otherwise always occurs together with birtu. new