zibbatu
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Variant: zimbatu, sibbatu, simbatu
Meanings:
tail
de:German: Deutsch Schwanz
fr:French: Français queue
Distribution: Ur IIIUr III: Ur III (ca. 2100–2000 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD), OB onward(s)OB onward(s): Old Babylonian onwards (ca. 2000 BCE onwards)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivenumber:
(dual
zibbā
)
pattern: PiRSat
Logogram: KUN
Etymology: Inherited Cf. PS *ḏanab “tail”, see SED 1, 64 (cf. for more cognates also SEDo).
11. As materia medica et magica, in therapeutic prescriptions
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šārat KUN kalbi ṣalmi Sakikkû XXVIII 4 “the hair of the tail of a black dog”. Corresponds to 11–13 in Heeßel 2000. new
12. Further Attestations
Ur IIIUr III: Ur III (ca. 2100–2000 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 20 ma-na gu gišba zi-ba-tum mu sa-par₄-šè CUSAS 3, 1162: 55. cf. zi-ib-ba-tum UET 3, 1505 (Sallaberger, CUSAS 6, 358). new