daššu
2 Lexical
MB-LexMB-Lex: Middle Babylonian lexical texts nam-gaz-níg-bù-bù-re = dá-aš-šu pallušu Emar 6/4, 545: 519 DCCLT “perforated slaughter-bench(?) = perforated ‘buck’”. Cf. Cohen 2010, 819, who reads taššu of unknown mng. and etym.
MB-LexMB-Lex: Middle Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) nam-gaz = dá-aš-šu = itānu ša giš!PAN Emar 6/4, 545: 518 DCCLT “slaughter-bench(?) = buck = horn(?) of the bow”. For si = itānu see CAD I 293f., in AHw s.v. itannu “mesh”. new
4Further Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) ⸢da⸣-šu-um bīt DN KTT, 46: 3f. ARCHIBAB “buck for the temple of DN”.
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 1 da-šum ARM 19, 166: 1. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 2 da-sá-an ARM 19, 184: 1. Dual. See ib. p. 164 for add. refs. new
NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 1- te da-áš-⸢šú⸣ KÙ.BABBAR SAA 16, 53 r. 3 SAAo “1 silver buck”. cf. dašannu. new
Discussion
Var. spellings ta- (leading to the variant taššu as noted in CAD, AHw, and CDA) are probably to be read dá-.