erištu

Consider the following pairs: ‘the seed-drill hole’ (erištu) and ‘the request’ (erištu).

šumma ina rēš naplastim erištum erišti ilim rabîm

“If at the top of the Position there is a “seed-drill hole”, a request from a great god.”

(Nougayrol RA 44, 41:26)

šumma ina muhhi ṣibtim erištum tarkat erišti ina bīt awēli inirišu ul inaddin

If the “seed-drill hole” is dark on the top of the Increase: the demand which will be raised in the man's house will not be met.

(Jeyes 1989; Nougayrol RA 40)