kursimtu
DRAFT
Variant: kurṣimtu, kursittu, kursindu, kurṣindu, kurṣiddu, OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts kuršiddu+, OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts kurṣinnu+, NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) kussimtu+
Meanings:
scale, plate; ( snake)
de:German: Deutsch Schuppe, Schuppenpanzer; (eine Schlange)
Distribution: OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts, OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts, NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
11. Designation of a door
NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) designation of a door: 15 ku-si-mat SAA 1, 203: 8 SAAo “15 (doors) with (metal) plates”. (in list of doors). new
22. A snake
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) kur-ṣi-nu-⸢um⸣ ṣerri lā šiptim! AML, 109: 25 SEAL “a snake impervious to spell(s)”. new
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) aṣbat ku-ur-ši-da-am ṣēri lā šiptim šinnāšu mirmerrum lišānšu herīnum CUSAS 32, 27: 3 SEAL “I seized the viper, a snake impervious to spell(s), whose twin fangs are a (lightning) flash, whose tongue is sharp grass”. new
Discussion
See also, perhaps, the insect kuršittu.