The 'Cap' (kubšu)

The 'cap' (kubšu or kubuš hašîm) is possibly one of the lobes of the lung, although which one remains uncertain. Its identification with the apical lobe, proposed by Hussey, JCS 2 (1948) 25, has been adopted by the CAD (vol. K 486).

For references to the 'cap' in omen texts, see Klauber PRT p. xlvii.[[180]] In the Sargonid queries and reports a common protasis associates it with kīdītu "outside" which is, most likely identical with the "outside finger" of the lung.[[181]] The two are usually said to "ride" upon one another.[[182]]



180 Kubšu also occurs in OB and MB reports, see JCS 11 91 no. 8:17ff, 21 222 G:8 (cf. ibid. 1:8) and 37 184.

181 See Starr Rituals, p. 132f.

182 I.e. kubšu eli kīdīti rakib and vice versa, cf. JCS 37 184. For the ominous significance of this, see Starr Rituals, p. 112.

Ivan Starr

Ivan Starr, 'The 'Cap' (kubšu)', Queries to the Sungod: Divination and Politics in Sargonid Assyria, SAA 4. Original publication: Helsinki, Helsinki University Press, 1990; online contents: SAAo/SAA04 Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2020 [http://oracc.org/saao/saa04/thelungsandtheirparts/thecap/]

 
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