niĝbuna [TURTLE]

niĝbuna [TURTLE] (26x: Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. niĝ₂-bun₂-na; še-en-bun₂-na "turtle" Akk. šeleppû

[1]		niĝ₂-bun₂-na (nig₂-bun₂-na)
[2]		še-en-bun₂-na (ES)
+	-0 (26x/100%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]			8	13
[2]				2

5 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. turtle (26x/100%)

~ LEX/Ur III/Nippur niĝ₂^#-bun_x(GIŠGAL×IM)-na 6N-T0931 prism i 5'. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur niĝ₂-bun₂-na OB Nippur Ura 3 373. LEX/1st millennium/unknown niĝ₂-u₉-na ED Animal List B 96. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu u₃ nig₂-bun₂-na BM 026777 5. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 3(gešʾu) 6(geš₂) 2(u) 6(diš) nig₂-bun₂-na MVN 13, 740 11; 4(gešʾu) 5(geš₂) 1(u) 4(diš) nunuz nig₂-bun₂-na MVN 13, 740 12. ELA/Ur III/Nippur 1(u) nig₂-bun₂-na TMH NF 1-2, 161 7. ELA/Ur III/Umma 1(diš) ^gihal 2(ban₂) nig₂-bun₂-na Syracuse 254 7; 2(diš) nig₂-bun₂-na UTI 3, 2052 4. unknown/Ur III/Umma 1(diš) nig₂-bun₂-na SAT 3, 2166 2.

Akk. šeleppû "turtle".

[1981] D. Owen, ZA 71 40-43.

See ETCSL: niĝ₂-bun₂-na=turtle.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.