occurs in a difficult, largely obscure context (2.71:12, v. Pardee 2002a: 111 for a survey of interpretation possibilities). Any connection with Akk. epēru ‘to provide’ (CAD E 190) is highly doubtful, particularly since the latter is usually thought to be related to Ugr. ḥpr ‘ration’ (for which see above in this chapter, p. 334) (Kogan 2015: 360).