nimur [ASHES]

nimur [ASHES] (26x: Ur III, Old Babylonian, unknown) wr. ne-mur; nimur "alkali, potash; coal; ashes; charcoal" Akk. idrānu; tumru

[1]		ne-mur
[2]		nimur
+	-0 (21x/81%); -ra (5x/19%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]			9	13			2
[2]

8 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. alkali, potash (26x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^dugne-mur-ra OB Nippur Ura 2 285. ELA/Ur III/Drehem ne-mur-ta ba-še₆ BIN 03, 074 2; ne-mur-še₃ BIN 03, 369 7; ne-mur-ta ba-še₆ RA 09, 048 SA 107 (pl.3) 7; ne-mur-ta ba-še₆ TRU 327 2. ELA/Ur III/Girsu ne-mur lu₂ ^geštukul gu-la HSS 04, 062 2; nam-šub ne-mur ITT 5, 06917 3. ELA/Ur III/Umma 1(diš) 2/3(diš) ma-na 5(diš) gin₂ ne-mur ^gešasal₂ SA 145 1; 2(diš) 2/3(diš) ma-na ne-mur SA 145 4. unknown/Ur III/Girsu 5(diš) sila₃ kaš 5(diš) sila₃ zi₃ 1(diš) id-gur₂ i₃ ne-mur sukkal a-dam-dun^ki-ta gen-na BM Messenger 171 9.

See: ninda nimur.

2. coal

3. ashes

4. charcoal

Akk. idrānu "potash, salt"; tumru "(glowing) charcoal, ashes".

[1989] P. Michalowski, Lamentation over Sumer and Ur 98.

See ETCSL: ne-mur=(glowing) charcoal.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.