damšah [HIPPOPOTAMUS] N (19x) Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian wr. dam-šaḫ; dim₃-šaḫ₂; dam-šaḫ₂; dim₂-šaḫ₂; ^munusdam-šaḫ; dim₃-šaḫ "hippopotamus"

[1]	𒁮𒋚	dam-šaḫ
[2]	𒈕𒂄	dim₃-šaḫ₂
[3]	𒁮𒂄	dam-šaḫ₂
[4]	𒁶𒂄	dim₂-šaḫ₂
[5]	𒊩𒁮𒋚	^munusdam-šaḫ
[6]	𒈕𒋚	dim₃-šaḫ

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]								1	10
[2]								5
[3]									1
[4]									1
[5]									1
[6]

7 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Old Babylonian (6x/32%)

Neo-Assyrian (11x/58%)

Neo-Babylonian (2x/11%)

Senses:

1. hippopotamus (19x/100%)

Akk. dabû; margû.

Bibliography

[1998] M. Civil JCS 50 11-14.

Lexical Associations

dabû[bear]N (// damšah[hippopotamus])

dam-šaḫ = da-bu-⸢u₂⸣ (CT 14, pl. 01-02, K 00071a o ii' 19; Ura 14 157; LTBA 1, 45 o iii 12').

dim₂-šaḫ = MIN<(da-bu-u₂)> (CT 14, pl. 01-02, K 00071a o ii' 20; Ura 14 158).

^munusMIN<(dam-šaḫ)> = da-bi-tu (LTBA 1, 45 o iii 13').

References for all phrases

damšah[hippopotamus]

dam-⸢šaḫ⸣ (A 07896 x' 18).

⸢dam-šaḫ^?⸣ = [...] (LTBA 1, 38 o ii' 7; CT 12, pl. 39, K 07697 r i' 2', r i' 3'; LTBA 1, 44 o iii 16).

[dam]-šaḫ₂ = [...] (LTBA 1, 49 o ii 6').

dim₂-šaḫ = [...] (LTBA 1, 44 o iii 17).

[dim₂]-šaḫ₂ = [...] (LTBA 1, 49 o ii 7').

dim₃-šaḫ₂ (HS 1799 c ii 14; OB Nippur Ura 3 317).

dam-šaḫ = da-bu-⸢u₂⸣ (CT 14, pl. 01-02, K 00071a o ii' 19; Ura 14 157; LTBA 1, 45 o iii 12').

dim₂-šaḫ = MIN<(da-bu-u₂)> (CT 14, pl. 01-02, K 00071a o ii' 20; Ura 14 158).

^munusMIN<(dam-šaḫ)> = da-bi-tu (LTBA 1, 45 o iii 13').

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