Abstract
AbstractThetug₂guz-za/tug₂guz.zais a cloth attested in different spellings from the 3rdto 1stmillennia BCE that has received diverse translations. Evidence from Ur III textile production texts, reconstructions based on experimental data, and lexical lists now converge to suggest that the cloth was defined by its thick weft. Although thetug₂guz-za/tug₂guz.zahas traditionally been connected to theZottenrockof Mesopotamian visual media via the adjectiveguz(-za)‘bristly, wire-haired,’ no independent evidence of shagginess has been found for the textile. Instead, this contribution demonstrates that there is anotherguz-zameaning ‘bright red’ that was applied to textiles and wool in the lexical lists of the 2ndmillennium BCE, suggesting that thetug₂guz-za/tug₂guz.zawas conceived of as a red cloth at least in some periods.
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