ḫarīmtu
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.).