mušhuš [MONSTER]

(15 instances)

mušhuš [MONSTER] (15x: Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. muš-huš "a monster" Akk. mušhuššu

[1] cuneiform MUŠ.|HI.GIR₃| muš-huš
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4 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. a monster (15x/100%)

~ ELA/Ur III/Umma 1(diš) muš-huš MVN 09, 171 3; 1(diš) muš-huš RA 86, 97 o ii 17. unknown/Ur III/Umma muš-huš? ka-guru7 ba-a-gar Princeton 1, 563 2.

Akk. mušhuššu "serpent-dragon".

See ETCSL: muš-huš=type of serpent.

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