karpatu
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Meanings:
(clay) pot
de:German: Deutsch (Ton-)Topf
fr:French: Français cocotte (en argile)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivepattern: PaRSatverbal adjective of roots i--gem., in fem. also concrete nouns designating the quality expressed by the adjective
Etymology: Derived ＜ karpu (?) According to Kaufman 1974, 63, the word karpatu (which is derived from Akk. karpu, which is, so far, only attested in OA period) may represent an “old culture word” in Aram. and Ug., probably derived from Akk., see also Kogan 2015, 367.
2Attestations
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) adi 2 bēr ūme ⸢lā⸣ ⸢š⸣aqê dūršu kīma kar-pat paḫāri up[arrirma] RINAP 2, 450: 27 RINAP “after the day proceeded 2 double-hourse, I s[mashed] its (viz. the city’s) wall like a potter’s vessel”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) [itteḫpi k]ar-pat (|| kar-pi) ḫaṣbūmma imtūt amēlu CunMon. 49/2, 30: 3′ “as in ‘(as) a pot has been broken into a potsherd so [a man(?)] has died’”. Commentary Sakikkû I 2. Cf. the parallel Wee 2019, 6: 5. new