ṣēru III

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Variant: OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) ṣarʾu, ṣerru, ṣīru
Meanings:
snake
de:German: Deutsch Schlange
Distribution: OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD), OB onward(s)OB onward(s): Old Babylonian onwards (ca. 2000 BCE onwards)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivepattern: PaRSverbal adjective of roots i--gem., PāS
Logogram: MUŠ
Etymology: Inherited
21. Particular types

OA-LitOA-Lit: Old Assyrian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) liššillam ⸢kī⸣ ṣa-ru-ú kirānim AML, 9: 19 SEAL “may it wriggle like vine-snakes”. Cf. liššillam ina ṣé-er kirānim Wasserman/Zomer 2022, 11: 21 “may it slither on top of the vine”, where Bab. ṣēr “snake” was presumably misunderstood as Ass. ina ṣēr “on top of” (see Kouwenberg 2023, 130: n. 8). new

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) MUŠ karānim ša ittī wāšipišu imtaḫṣu AML, 105: 14 SEAL “the vine-snake, which fights with his conjurer”. new

22. Further Attestations

OA-LitOA-Lit: Old Assyrian literary texts ṣa-ar-a-am aštakanma OA Sarg.: 16 SEAL “I provided myself with a snake”. (as replacement for a girdle).

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [i]ḫlup kīma MU[Š ...] Ludlul IV Sec. A 10 eBL “[he/it(?) s]lipped in like a sna[ke]”. Ludlul IV e+10 in Hätinen 2022. new

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