saḫḫu II
1Attestations
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [šammāḫu ša ina u]nṣi uttarrû kī piša[nni irraksu ...]- ḫāšu? saḫ-ḫa-šu [...] imaḫḫar ⸢iptennu⸣ ubbala [mašqīta] Ludlul III 105 eBL “[the paunch, which] was bloated [in] hunger (and which) [was tied shut] like a bo[x ..]. its swelling(?) [...] (so that) it (now) retains meal and bear [drink] (again)”. Restorations and var. according to comm. K. 3291 r 14′f. Or to be listed sub qidḫu? new
Discussion
The OB attestations stem from extispicy contexts and seem to refer to a phenomenon on the liver. What exactly is meant by it, remains uncertain. In CAD, it is assumed to represent a var. of a lemma ṣiḫḫu (see ziḫḫu), understood by U. Jeyes as a kind of pustule; cf. Jeyes 2000, 364. It remains uncertain if med. attesations that show the spelling saḫ-ḫu might also be listed here or sub qidḫu (a disease or symptom appearing in medical contexts) or vice versa (as done in the older dictionaries as well).