šuluh [CLEANSING] N (234x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Uncertain wr. šu-luḫ; šu₂-luḫ; ^šu₂šu-luḫ; šu₄-luḫ; šu-luḫ-ḫa "ritual cleansing; cleaning (of a canal)"

[1]	𒋗𒈛	šu-luḫ
[2]	𒋙𒈛	šu₂-luḫ
[3]	𒋙𒋗𒈛	^šu₂šu-luḫ
[4]	𒌋𒈛	šu₄-luḫ
[5]	𒋗𒈛𒄩	šu-luḫ-ḫa
+	--ha=h.a (15x/6%).

	ED IIIb	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]	3	1	79	108	7	1
[2]			31
[3]			2
[4]		2
[5]

12 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (3x/1%)

Lagash II (3x/1%)

Ur III (112x/48%)

Old Babylonian (108x/46%)

Middle Babylonian (2x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (5x/2%)

Uncertain (1x/0%)

Senses:

1. ritual cleansing (234x/100%)

2. cleaning (of a canal)

Bibliography

[2005] P. Attinger, ZA 95 209.

Lexical Associations

šuluhhu[purification rite]N (// šuluh[cleansing])

⸢šu-luḫ⸣-ḫa = šu-luḫ-ḫu-um (YBC 13524 d 219).

References for all phrases

šuluh[cleansing]

šu-luḫ (Nippur Nigga 262).