henbur [STALK]

(27 instances)

henbur [STALK] (27x: Old Babylonian, unknown) wr. gihenbur; gihenbur2; henburx(|IGI.KAK|) "stalk; growth of rushes" Akk. habburu; niplu; udittu

[1] cuneiform GI.KAK gihenbur
[2] cuneiform GI.|ŠE.KAK| gihenbur2
[3] cuneiform |IGI.KAK| henburx(|IGI.KAK|)
+ -0 (27x/100%).
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11 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. stalk (27x/100%)

~ LEX/Early Old Babylonian/Nippur henbur(ŠE.GAG) SLT 12 r ii 14'. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur henbur UM 55-21-393 r ii 7'; gihenbur(GAG) OB Nippur Ura 2 214; [[henburx?]] = [...]-bur!? = IGI.KAK = he-bu-ru-um OB Diri Nippur 142; [[henbur2]] = = [ŠE].KAK# = ni#-ip-lum# OB Diri Nippur Seg.5, 1. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown [[gihenbur]] = = GI-KAK = ha-ab-bu-ru ša qa2-ne2-e OB Diri "Oxford" 413; [[šehenbur]] = = ŠE-KAK = ha-ab-bu-ru ša ŠE-e-im OB Diri "Oxford" 414. LEX/unknown/unknown henbur SLT 015 prism iii 9.

2. growth of rushes

Akk. habburu "sprout, shoot"; niplu "shoot, sapling"; udittu "(growth of) rushes".

[1997] N. Veldhuis, EEN 119.

See ETCSL: henbur=shoot.

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