uršu III
REVIEW
Meanings:
(anal) abscess, pimple (?)
de:German: Deutsch (Anus-) Abszess, Pickel (?)
fr:French: Français abcès (anal), bouton (?)
Distribution: SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantiveroot: wršI/w (primae wāw)pattern: PuRS
Etymology: Derived ＜ warāšu I
1Attestations
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [šumma ina lakû]tišu laqišma* ikkalš[u (...)] ur-⸢šum⸣ [šum]šu Sakikkû XXXIII 44 “[if] it (the lesion?) is proliferating(?) [in] his [child]hood(?) and it hurts hi[m (...)] – u . is its [name]”. Cf. probably also Sakikkû XXXIII 45 (sām u ikkalšu (u?) i⸢ttan⸣aššīšu umma irtanašši ⸢ur?⸣-š[um? šumšu] “(...) is red and hurts him, a[nd] it(?) is constantly swollen for him, he (or it?) has consantly fever”). new
Discussion
Given the similar spelling, an alternative reading as liq-šu/šú/ši/še “scab, excrescence(?)” cannot be excluded.