zuprinnu
2Attestations
NBNB: Neo Babylonian (ca. 1000–626 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 6 MA.NA KÙ.GI SA₅ 20 gappī 1-en abullu u ⸢zu⸣-pu-rin-ni ša samaḫal CunMon. 23, 232 YBC 11390 3 “6 minas red gold (in the form of) 20 quills, 1 gate(?), and (a) z. with (a) samaḫallu -ornament(s)”. new
NBNB: Neo Babylonian (ca. 1000–626 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 21 ḫarḫarrī 27 saḫḫāni 25 zu-pu-r[in-ni?] šá nur ḫurāṣi BagM 28, 390 NCBT 511 3 “21 chains, 27 rings, 25 z. -ornaments of/for (a) pomegranate(?) (made of) gold”. Listed among various items of jewelry made of gold. new
Discussion
Apparently related to the Syriac term zwpryn, which is traditionally interpreted as a corrupt form from Greek hypórrinos, i.e. lit. “what is under the nose”, hence “moustache”, cf. Audo 1897 1, 267; also cf. Brockelmann 1928, 203, Sokoloff 2009, 375, Payne Smith 1879, 1092. However, the actual texts in which the word is attested suggest rather the meaning “tooth” of a key, or perhaps “ward” of the lock. In this regard, if zup(u)rinnu denotes a piece of jewelry, it may have elements in the form of teeth or spikes. Cf. CAL s.v. zwpryn.