unqu I

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) inūma ana ḫarrānim panēka taškunu u sebēt ūmī un-qa-tim ina bīt DN tušbu jâ[ti] ina GN tēzibannima kīʾam tuwaʾʾeranni umma attama ūm anāku ina un-qa-tim et[e]bb[û] atta ana GN₂ kušdanni ARM 33, 61: 7-10 ↗ARCHIBAB “when you set out on your expedition, and (when) you stayed for seven days at the rings in the temple of DN, you left me behind in GN, with the following instructions: on the day I leave the rings, you are to join me at GN₂’.” Durand 2011, 162 observes that unqāti here probably denotes a temporary installation in the temple connected to a 7 days purification rite for the king. Cf. also Heimpel 2003, 178 who notes that another purification rite lasting 7 days is mentioned elsewhere in the Mari letters (ARM 26/1, no. 216). ^new