māšittu
HAPAXHapax legomenon: this word is attested only onceNEWNot documented in AHw or CADREVIEW
Meanings:
she who caresses, massages (?)
Distribution: SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivegender: fem.Feminineroot: mšdIIIpattern: PāRiStG-stem participle
Etymology: Derived ＜ mašādu
1Attestations
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ša pērta kurrât ummu ma-šit-ta-šú [anāku] FAOS 18, 145: 80 “[I am] the mother of the one with short hair, who caresses him”. See Mayer 2017, 3. Perhaps the massaging of the head or hair is implied. The previous line has ša pērta arrakat gallābtaša [...anāku] “[I am...] the barber of the one with long hair”. new
Discussion
See SAD M 60 s.v. mašādu.