luṭû
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Meanings:
(a dagger); shard of reed; notch (as cattle mark)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
2Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) lu-ṭa-a-am šimat ṣēni ša lā nukkurim lū šaknā u alpū ša uṣṣû lu-ṭa-a-am liššaknū AbB 14, 62: 13, 16 “they must be provided with a notch, a mark used for small cattle, which cannot be altered, and the oxen which will leave should be marked with a notch”. see Veenhof ib. p. 210. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) lu-ṭa-a appāri bātiq! abunnate teptēši Atr. I 260 “she unsheaved the dagger of the canebrake, the cutter of the umbilical cord”.
Discussion
For OA (a textile?) see Michel/Veenhof 2010, 236 (uncert.).