gamgam [BIRD]

gamgam [BIRD] (5x: ED IIIa, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. gam₃-gam₃^mušen; gam₄-gam^mušen; gam₂-gam₂^mušen; ka-am-ka-am^mušen "a bird"

[1]		gam₃-gam₃^mušen
[2]		gam₄-gam^mušen (gan-gam^mušen)
[3]		gam₂-gam₂^mušen (kam-kam^mušen)
[4]		ka-am-ka-am^mušen
+	-0 (5x/100%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		1	1	1
[2]				2
[3]
[4]

2 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. a bird (5x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIa/unknown gam₃-gam₃^mušen ED Birds 36. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur gan-gam^mušen OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.6, 86'. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 1(gešʾu) 1(geš₂) 4(u) 5(diš) gam₃-gam₃^mušen MVN 13, 740 10.

[2004] N. Veldhuis, Nanše 243-244.

[1981] D. Owen, ZA 71 36.

See ETCSL: gam₃-gam₃=diving water bird.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.