ḫarīmtu

REVIEW
Share this entry Download this entry as XML LAD ḫarīmtu, https://lad.saw-leipzig.de/entry/LAD003958Click to copy
Variant: ḫarīntu
Meanings:
(a type of unmarried woman)
de:German: Deutsch (eine Art unverheiratete Frau)
fr:French: Français (type de femme non mariée)
Distribution: OB onward(s)OB onward(s): Old Babylonian onwards (ca. 2000 BCE onwards)
Domain: Humans; sex and gender
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantiveroot: ḫrmIIIpattern: PaRīSt
Logogram: KAR.KID
Etymology: Derived < ḫarāmu II
1 Lexical
Commentaries

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) [aštam]mi : ḫa-ri-im-ti CunMon. 49/2, 107 o. 6′ “[the broth]el (is associated with) a prositute”. Commentary Sakikkû III 40. new

1Further Attestations

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šumma (...) KAR.KID ītanammar Sakikkû XXVIII 25 “if he (suffers from a long disease and) keeps seeing a ḫ.” Corresponds to 37 in Heeßel 2000. new

Discussion

ḫ. seems to refer to unmarried women not under paternal authority. While sometimes connected to sexual activity, there is no evidence for the word meaning “(temple) prostitute” as stated in older literature (see Assante 1998; Budin 2008, 26ff.).

Cross-References
CAD
Loading CAD entry…
Loading CAD entry…
AHw
Loading AHw entry…
Loading AHw entry…
Loading AHw entry…