kurgarrû
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Variant: kurgarraʾu+
Meanings:
(a cultic performer)
de:German: Deutsch (ein kultischer Darsteller)
fr:French: Français (un acteur du culte)
Distribution: MA onward(s)MA onward(s): Middle Assyrian onwards (ca. 1500 BCE onwards), MB onward(s)MB onward(s): Middle Babylonian onwards (ca. 1600 BCE onwards), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Logogram: KUR.GAR.RA
Etymology: Borrowed ＜ Sum.Sumerian kurĝara
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Commentaries
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) lúan-dib-ba-ra : ní-⸢zu⸣-ra-a[ḫ : kur-gar-r]a lúan-sal-la : maḫḫû : aḫurrû : kur-ga-ra-u : [ a]ss[innu] CunMon. 49/2, 7: 34 “(the aforementioned Sum. terms refer to) ecstatic, junior(?), k .-performer, (and) assinnu -functionary”. Commentary Sakikkû I 31. Cf. the partly parallel commentary Wee 2019, 66: 8′f. new
Discussion
It is yet uncertain if munusKUR.GAR.RA is to be normalized kurgarrâtu.