išātu
11. Referring to the destruction of a stele or an inscription
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts ša … ana mê inaddûšu ina eperī iqebbirušu i-ša-tam išakkišušu BagM 34, 150: xv 13 “who(ever) throws it into the water, buries it in the earth (or) ruins it by fire”.
12. In comparisons
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ⸢u⸣nâti ša? libbija ina gitalluti irtūbā ūtannâ kīma ṣarāp i-šá-ti (∥ ⸢i⸣-šá-a-tú ; i-šá-tum ; [i-š]á-⸢tú ?⸣) Ludlul I 114 eBL “my internal organs trembled (var.: shivered) from constantly getting nervous (since) they kept changing like the burning of fire”. Note the different interpretation of this passage as dan-na ki-ma ṣa-rap i-šá-a-tum “it was harsh like burning fire” in Oshima 2014, 84f. new
33. New sense
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts pūtam tanpiḫtam isr[im?] ⸢i⸣-ša-at qablim Zimrī-Līm Epic i 32 SEAL “in front, the fire of battle has opened up(?) conflagration”. See also ib. ii 40.
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts ṣabtū šīrūšunu i-ša-tam karšūšunu šiwītam lamdū Zimrī-Līm Epic iii 19 SEAL “their bodies caught fire (and) their minds learned burning”.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) kišpī : IZI īpuš Sakikkû XIX/XX 118′ “he has performed sorcery : (set) a fire”. Corresponds to 103′a in Heeßel 2000. new