kuš [CHANNEL] N (23x) Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic wr. kuš₃-kuš₃; ^urudkuš₃-kuš₃; kuš₃; kuš₃^ku-^uš-^ku-^uškuš₃^zabar; kuš₃-kuš₃^zabar "water channel; pipe; metal worker's mold"

[1]	𒌑𒌑	kuš₃-kuš₃
[2]	𒍏𒌑𒌑	^urudkuš₃-kuš₃
[3]	𒌑	kuš₃
[4]	𒌑𒆪𒍑𒆪𒍑𒌑𒌓𒅗𒁇	kuš₃^ku-^uš-^ku-^uškuš₃^zabar
[5]	𒌑𒌑𒌓𒅗𒁇	kuš₃-kuš₃^zabar

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]								10	1
[2]									7
[3]								3
[4]									2
[5]

7 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Old Babylonian (13x/57%)

Neo-Assyrian (6x/26%)

Neo-Babylonian (2x/9%)

Persian (1x/4%)

Hellenistic (1x/4%)

Senses:

1. water channel (14x/61%)

2. pipe (8x/35%)

3. metal worker's mold (1x/4%)

Akk. rāṭu.

Bibliography

[1983] J. Cooper and W. Heimpel, JAOS 103 81-82.

kuš₃

= ra-ṭu₃-um (OB Nippur Aa 231:1).

{urud}kuš₃-kuš₃

= rāṭu (JAOS 065, 224-225 PTS 0001 r 21; MSL 15, Figure 3, 4 IM 124475 r 23; RA 17, 173, K 14824+ i' 6').

Lexical Associations

rāṭu[water channel]N (// kuš[channel])

kuš₃^ku-^uš-<(^ku-^uš)>MIN.kuš₃^zabar = ra-a-ṭu (Ura 12 Seg.1, 66; SpTU 3, 111 o ii 13).

rāṭu[water-channel]N (// kuš[channel])

[kuš₃]-kuš₃ = ra-a-ṭu (CT 19, pl. 01, K 00055 o i' 23').

[^urud]kuš₃-kuš₃ = ra-a-ṭu (Ura 11 section 3, 184; JAOS 065, 224-225 PTS 0001 r 21; K 08676 r ii 7'; MSL 15, Figure 3, 4 IM 124475 r 23).

References for all phrases

kuš[channel]

kuš₃ = ra-ṭu₃-um (OB Nippur Aa 231:1).

[^urudkuš₃]-kuš₃ = [...] (BaM 10, 129 W 23830d r ii' frg.a 9'; RA 17, 173, K 14824+ i' 6').

kuš₃^ku-^uš-<(^ku-^uš)>MIN.kuš₃^zabar = ra-a-ṭu (Ura 12 Seg.1, 66; SpTU 3, 111 o ii 13).

[kuš₃]-kuš₃ = ra-a-ṭu (CT 19, pl. 01, K 00055 o i' 23').

[^urud]kuš₃-kuš₃ = ra-a-ṭu (Ura 11 section 3, 184; JAOS 065, 224-225 PTS 0001 r 21; K 08676 r ii 7'; MSL 15, Figure 3, 4 IM 124475 r 23).

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