šaḫû I

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Meanings:
pig; (a fish)
de:German: Deutsch Schwein; (ein Fisch)
Distribution: OB onward(s)OB onward(s): Old Babylonian onwards (ca. 2000 BCE onwards)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Logogram: ŠAḪ, GIR, ŠÁḪ
Etymology: Borrowed < Sum.Sumerian
21. Pig

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina libbika nīl kalbum nīl ša-ḫi-ú-um AML, 140: 58 SEAL “a dog lies in your heart, a boar lies (in it)”. new

MB-LitMB-Lit: Middle Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) dīn ⸢ŠAḪ⸣ tadī[n] DAAM 2, 6: 9' SEAL “(you (scil. Šamaš) have judged the dog), you have judged the pig”. Cf. CTH 372: 36f. || CTH 374: 23f. new

22. A fish

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 1 gur erbî 300 kamāri [n] ša-ḫi-i ina eleppim ṣēnamma u atta alkam UET 5, 32: 11 ARCHIBAB “Load 1 kurru of erbû , 300 kamāru , (and) [n] š .-fish onto a ship and come yourself!” new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) inanna ammīnim gir nu-ni lā tušabbalī ARCHIBAB 2/2, 128: 12 ARCHIBAB “now, why do you not have the š.-fish brought (?)?” nūnu in apposition to šaḫû; Dalley 1976, 104 suggests reading libbi nūnī, perhaps “fish roe”. She translates: “Now why don't you dry the fish roes?”. Cf. also ibid.: 7. new

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