mušlah [CHARMER] N (115x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Ebla, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian wr. muš-laḫ₅; muš-laḫ₆; muš-laḫ₄; muš-laḫ₅-laḫ₅; ^lu₂muš-laḫ₄; ^lu₂muš-laḫ₅ "snake charmer"

[1]	𒈲𒁺𒁺	muš-laḫ₅
[2]	𒈲𒁺	muš-laḫ₆
[3]	𒈲𒁻	muš-laḫ₄
[4]	𒈲𒁺𒁺𒁺𒁺	muš-laḫ₅-laḫ₅
[5]	𒇽𒈲𒁻	^lu₂muš-laḫ₄
[6]	𒇽𒈲𒁺𒁺	^lu₂muš-laḫ₅

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		2	2	1	3		67	9
[2]					16		3	1
[3]		8	1					1
[4]								1
[5]
[6]

11 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (10x/9%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (3x/3%)

Ebla (1x/1%)

Old Akkadian (19x/17%)

Ur III (70x/61%)

Old Babylonian (12x/10%)

Senses:

1. snake charmer (115x/100%)

Akk. muš(la)lahhu.

Bibliography

[1995] G. Visicato, Bureaucracy of Šuruppak 108; 130-131.

References for all phrases

mušlah[charmer]

muš-laḫ₄ (ED Lu E 28).

muš-laḫ₅ (ED Personal Names and Professions 219; CUNES 52-10-146 b v 21; OB Nippur Lu 651; OrNS 70, 210-211 o ii 21').

mušlah[charmer] gal[big]

muš-laḫ₅ gal (OrNS 70, 210-211 o ii 22').

guza[chair] mušlah[charmer]

^ŋešgu-za muš-laḫ₆(DU)^? (CM 22, pl. 35-36 o vii 54').

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