erḫiṣṣu

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) aššum er-ḫi-iṣ-ṣí ša bēlī išpuram annikīʾam ašar ergilātim ibarrū er-ḫi-iṣ-ṣú ul ibaššê 5 lú.mešḫanî ašpurma ina GN ša GN₂ er-hi-iṣ-ṣí ilqûnim u ḫarrānum rūqatma ina libbi quppim er-ḫi-iṣ-ṣú šina imūtā inanna anumma er-ḫi-iṣ-ṣí ina kunukkija aknukamma ana ṣēr bēlija ušābilam ARM 27, 64: 4-18 ↗ARCHIBAB “about the e. -locusts regarding which my lord wrote me, here is where they catch the ergilu -locusts. There are no e. -locusts. I sent 5 Haneans, and in GN of the district of GN₂ they took e. -locusts; and the road is far, and those e. -locusts died in the reed box. Now, herewith I have sealed 38 e. -locusts and dispatched them to my lord.”