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Akkadian
saḫṭu - a locust
(CAD S 67, AHw. 1010)
SB. HapLeg in a lexical list (Hh. XIV 242a), reading of the first sign not fully certain ([s]a?-aḫ-ṭu)
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PS
*sVḥ/ḫVṭ-
- kind of insect
(SED II No. 192)
Not fully reliable because of the doubtful status of the Akkadian term.