kurun [BEER]

kurun [BEER] (90x: Old Babylonian) wr. kurun; kurun₂; kurun₃ "a beer; blood; (to be) good; (to be) sweet" Akk. dāmu; kurunnu; ţābu

[1]		kurun
[2]		kurun₂
[3]		kurun₃
+	-0 (90x/100%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]				38
[2]		1		34			3
[3]				2

19 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. a beer (90x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur [[kurun]] = = KAŠ.DIN = ku-ru-nu^#-[um] OB Diri Nippur Seg.6, 10; [[kurun]] = = = sa₃-bu^#-[um] OB Diri Nippur Seg.6, 11; [[kurun]] = = = ši-ka-[rum] OB Diri Nippur Seg.6, 12; [[kurun]] = = = da-mu-um^# OB Diri Nippur Seg.6, 13. LEX/Old Babylonian/Ur [[kurun]] = ku-ru-un = KAŠ.DIN = ku-ru-un-nu UET 7, 076 20; [[kurun]] = = = ši-ka-a-rum UET 7, 076 21; [[kurun]] = = = da-mu-u₂ UET 7, 076 22; [[kurun]] = = = ka-ra-a-nu UET 7, 076 23. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown [[kurun]] = = KAŠ.DIN = ku-ru-nu-um OB Diri "Oxford" 433. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown kurun₅(BI.MI) MSL 11, 95 I1 o i 10. LEX/unknown/unknown kurun₅ SLT 033 o ii 8'. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown [[kurun₂]] = = DIN = ka-ra-nu MSL 09, 124-137 ix 615; [[kurun₂]] = = = ši-ka-rum MSL 09, 124-137 ix 616; [[kurun₂]] = = = ku-ru-nu MSL 09, 124-137 ix 617. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu 2(aš@c) gur₄-gur₄ kurun₂ DP 131 r i 1.

See: duh kurun; e lu kurun; kaš kurun; kaš kurun n sila; kaš kurun babbar.

2. blood

3. (to be) good

4. (to be) sweet

Akk. dāmu "blood, dark"; kurunnu "a beer"; ţābu "good; sweet".

[1995] M. Powell, Origins and Ancient History of Wine 104.

[1964] M. Civil, Studies Oppenheim 88 wn27.

See ETCSL: kurun=type of beer; kurun₃=gore.

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