dušû I
2 Lexical
21. A quartz, blue frit
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 100 nišduppī na₄DUḪ.ŠÚ.A ARM 25, 404: 1 “100 platelets of d.-quartz”. For additional Mari ref. see Arkhipov 2012, 33f. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) kubša ša uqnî du-še TMH 12, 2 HS.1886 4' “a kubšu-headdress of lapis (and) quartz”. new
32. Of wool
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) LÁ.Uḫi.a DUḪ.ŠÚ.A ARM 21, 232: 14. sikiDUḪ.ŠÚ.A ARM 22, 50: 14, cf. ARM 22, 51: 14; sikitu-uḫ-ši-im ARM 23, 545 no. 580: 12; sikidu!-uḫ-ši-im ARM 18, 30: 5. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [pat] innu ša du-uḫ-ši-im ARM 10, 18: 7 “sash of blue wool”. new
LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) sikidu-šu-ú CT 57, 255: 15. new
13. Of leather
NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) kušduḫ-ši-i MDOG 134, 48 Ass. 2001.D-377 5 “d.-leather”. Radner 1997, 301 fn. 1691 (“green kid leather”) with further ref. new
14. Other
NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina amtim ša ana PN iddinuni ina ⸢duḫ-ši⸣ BATSH 6, 2: 8 “concerning the slave-girl whom he gave to PN for(?) d. (i.e. for crafting beadwork?)”. new
15. In personal names
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) Du-uḫ-ša-tum ARM 23, 572 no. no. 607: 18. also Du-úḫ-šu-⸢um⸣ YOS 14, 132: 10. new
Discussion
MA (dyed leather) see Wiggerman 2000, 200 (T98-7, T 98-30).
On the NA profession ṣārip du(ḫ)še see Dalley 2000, 6, 15f. (“a refiner of frit, faience and glass”, not connected to red-dying); in LB also a tanner of colored leather (see dubsar 3, 77: 19).
For lit. and etym. see Dalley 2000 and Richter 2012, 466.
According to Schuster-Brandis 2008, 407f., the stone, described as being bright and green (or yellowish), might be interpreted as chlorite or steatite (cf. Steinkeller 2006, 1–7).