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Deir Alla
rḥl - ewe
(DNWSI 1068)
Attested in a damaged context (bˀšr rḥln yybl ḥṭr, 1.9), possibly describing an unnatural phenomenon disturbing the common order of things (’instead of the ewes the stick is driven along’ according to Hackett 1980 49, with a brief commentary).
Reconstruction
PWS
*raḫil-
- ewe
(SED II No. 188; Kogan 2011: 205)