zû II
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Variant: sû
Meanings:
date-palm fibre
de:German: Deutsch Dattelpalmenfaser
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Logogram: giš
ZÚ.GIŠIMMAR
Etymology: Borrowed ＜ Sum.Sumerian zú Probably Sum. zú “tooth”.
1In figurative language, referring to mountain passes or gorges
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) atta teptī pušuq šadūʾī ša sikk[ūrū edl]ū? daltum zu abni Zimrī-Līm Epic i 35 SEAL “you opened the straits of the mountains whose bol[ts were loc]ked(?), the door(s) (made) of stone (palm) fibre(s)”. Diff. 1552 (“Locked with bolts, with doors of stone-made plates”). new