abum [FUNERARY MOUND]

(25 instances)

abum [FUNERARY MOUND] (25x: Ur III, Early Old Babylonian) wr. a-bu-um "a festival; mound for funerary use" Akk. apu

[1] cuneiform A.BU.UM a-bu-um
+ -0 (18x/72%); -ma (7x/28%).
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3 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. a festival (25x/100%)

~ ELA/Ur III/Drehem a-bu-um damar-dsuen-ka-še3 PDT 1, 541 5; 6(diš) udu niga a-bu-um-še3 SA 021 3; a-bu-um Tavolette 205 5. ELA/Ur III/Girsu 1(diš) 2 a-bu-um dumu! geme2-gur8-ak-la? ITT 2, 00686 8; 4(diš) sila3 a-bu-um MVN 02, 233 1. ELA/Ur III/Nippur iti a-bu-um MVN 13, 890 4; iti a-bu-um MVN 13, 891 6. ELA/Ur III/Umma a-bu-um BIN 05, 205 2; a-bu-um-še3 CST 739 2; nig2-dab5 a-bu-um-ma MVN 11, Y o i 16; dah-hu a-bu-um-ma MVN 11, Y o i 19; 2(diš) šah2 šaganx(AMA)gan a-bu-um ša3 uri5ki-ma SNAT 436 10. ELA/Ur III/Ur nig2-dab5 a-bu-um-ma UET 3, 0244 2; nig2-ezem-ma a-bu-um-ma u4 5(diš)-kam UET 3, 1015 5; [...] a-bu-um UET 3, 1028 2. ELA/Early Old Babylonian/unknown 3(ban2) KU e2-a HA tug2 ma2 tur-tur a-bu-um-še3 BIN 10, 128 1; nig2-be6-lu5-da a-bu-um-še3 BIN 10, 128 4. unknown/Ur III/Drehem a-bu-um damar-dsuen-ka SAT 2, 1142 4; ezem a-bu-um-ma SAT 3, 1197 4. unknown/Ur III/Girsu 3(diš) id-gur2 i3 u4 3(diš)-kam [a]-bu-um dumu nu-banda3 a-dam-dunki-še3 du-ni igi-a-a lu2 kas4 u2uruaa-ki-ta du-ni SAT 1, 145 2. unknown/Ur III/Umma nig2-gu2-na a-bu-um-ma UTI 4, 2629 2; u4 6(diš)-še3 a-bu-um-ma gub-ba UTI 4, 2629 6; a-bu-um-še3 UTI 4, 2719 4; a-bu-um-še3 SANTAG 6, 041 r iii 27; a-bu-um lu2 ge6-par4 SANTAG 7, 198 6.

2. mound for funerary use

Akk. apu "hole, opening in the ground".

[1999] W. Sallaberger, Ur III-Zeit 259.

[1993] M. Cohen, Calendars 259-261.


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