diqmu
3 Lexical
OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) di-qí-mu-um(NE) MSL 13, 17: 5 (Izi) DCCLT. new
OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts te-e = NE = di-qí-mu-um Karpeles 1 iv 49 (Aa) DCCLT.
OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts de-e = NE = di-qí-mu CUSAS 12, 8: 29 (Ea) DCCLT.
3Further Attestations
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) dí-iq-ma-am u nūram umallī AKT 6a, 70: 27 “I have paid in full to the last penny”. lit. “ashes and light”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) di-qì-ma-am BAM 4, 393: 24. In list of ingredients. new
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) pâša mullīʾā di-iq-ma-a[m] AML, 157: 16 SEAL “fill (pl.) her (the evil eye’s) mouth with ashes!” new
Discussion
Older form of more commonly attested diqmēnu.
The OB spellings favor /q/ as second consonant (see qí-iš-tum CUSAS 12, 12: 221 (no example for GI, however), zu-qì-qì-pu-um BAM 4, 383: 19, but ta-ša-qí-šu-ma ib. 7, 18, ru-qí-im ib. r. 20). This, on the other hand, precludes /ṭ/ as first consonant (CAD Ṭ 110f.) and points to /d/ (AHw 169).