zikurrudû
DRAFT
Variant: zikurudû
Meanings:
(a type of evil spell, lit.) "to cut off life"
de:German: Deutsch (ein Schadenszauber, wörtl.) "um Leben abzutrennen"
Distribution: MB-Bo.MB-Bo.: Middle Babylonian texts from Boğazköy/Hattuša (ca. 1500–1200 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Logogram: ZI.KUR₅.RU.DA, ZI.KUR₅.RU.DÈ
Etymology: Borrowed < Sum.Sumerian zi-kur₅-ru-da
Discussion
See Schwemer 2007, 15 for further spellings.