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Ugaritic
ḫlmṯ̣ - snake
(DUL 392, Watson 2007: 86)
semantic identification tentative at best, a connection with Akk.
ḫulmiṭṭu
‘a snake or lizard’ is rather uncertain, particularly in view of the phonological difference (cf.Pardee 2000: 646 and SED II No. 99) (Kogan 2015: 362)