ebīḫu
8Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) aššum ÉŠḫi-a e-bi-ḫi dimātim u jāšibim ARM 14, 45: 5 ARCHIBAB “concerning the e. -ropes for the siege towers and the battering ram”. new
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ṣērum e-bi-ḫa ellam-mê CUSAS 32, 48: 2 SEAL “snake, rope of moonshine”. see George ib. p. 108 (ellam-mê as epithet of the moon god, lit. “pure water”, used metaphorically for the glistening skin of the snake). The final -a of ebīḫ is unclear. new
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ibtuq nakram kī kiṣir a-bi-ḫi-im Zimrī-Līm Epic i 24 SEAL “he cut off the enemy like the knot of a cord”. new
MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (1 mina of goat hair) ana e-bi-ḫe-e BagF 21, 397 no. 343: 3. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) asêšu e-bi-ḫe-e-šú muštakkinū? SpTU 5, 257: 19 eBL “its asû -beams (and) its ropes are constantly placing(?)”. new
NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) e-⸢bi-iḫ⸣-ka ina libbišunu tarakkas SAA 1, 1: 50 SAAo “you will bind your belt around them”. new
NBNB: Neo Babylonian (ca. 1000–626 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ṣiprēti u e-bi-ḫimeš Mesopotamia 31, 10: 2 “sashes and e.” new
NBNB: Neo Babylonian (ca. 1000–626 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (silver) ana eb-bi-ḫi ša sisîm CT 57, 186 ii 11 “for the e. -rope of a horse”. new
Discussion
Pace AHw 182 not attested in MA (de Ridder 2021, 161).