zuʾuntu
DRAFT
Meanings:
ornament
de:German: Deutsch Dekoration
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivegender: fem.Femininenumber: pl.Plural zuʾnāturoot: zʾnII/ʾ (mediae ʾaleph)pattern: PuRuSt
1Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina zu-na-tim šakākim zu-na-tum ikabbitāma u ṣubātum uštarraṭ Iraq 39, 152: 48f. ARCHIBAB “when threading the ornaments, the ornaments become heavy and the garment will be torn”. new
Discussion
Pace CAD S 389b and Š/1 114b, where zu-na-tum is considered a fem. pl. of sūnu II we follow Durand 2009, 94f. in deriving the word from zaʾānu “to adorn”.