nir [STONE]

nir [STONE] (91x: Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. ^na₄nir₇; ^na₄nir₂; ^na₄nir₃; ^na₄nir₄; ^na₄nir₅ "a valuable stone" Akk. hulālu

[1]		^na₄nir₇
[2]		^na₄nir₂
[3]		^na₄nir₃
[4]		^na₄nir₄
[5]		^na₄nir₅
+	-0 (91x/100%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]			44	2
[2]			2	11
[3]
[4]
[5]

10 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. a valuable stone (91x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^na₄nir₂ OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.1, 53; [[nir₇]] = = ZA.MIR = hu-la-lum OB Diri Nippur 256. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 1(diš) ^na₄nir₇ igi RA 17, 212 4 2; 1(diš) pisan unu ^na₄nir₂ gal YOS 04, 296 2; 7(diš) pisan unu ^na₄nir₂ tur-tur YOS 04, 296 3. ELA/Ur III/Umma 2(diš) nir₃ šu-gur MVN 04, 147 4. ELA/Ur III/Ur 1(diš) ša ^na₄nir₇ se₃-<ge>-de₃ UET 3, 0290 1; ŠU+LAGAB 3(u) 2(diš) ^na₄nir₇ gid₂ [...] UET 3, 0345 r i 7; [x] nir₇ igi u₃ ku₃-sig₁₇-še₃ UET 3, 0345 o i 9. unknown/Ur III/Umma 1(diš) ^gix nir₂ a-ri₂-lum ku₃-sig₁₇ gar-ra-bi UTI 6, 3800 12; 1(diš) nir₂ igi 3(diš)-ta^# [za]-bir ku₃-sig₁₇ šub^?-ba-bi^!? UTI 6, 3800 o iv 23; 1(diš) ^gix nir₂ a₂-gid₂-da-ba babbar 1(diš) KA-DU^? SU-A ku₃-sig₁₇ gar-ra gub-ba-bi UTI 6, 3800 r i 11.

~ uLEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^na₄nir₂ ku-uš-x OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.1, 58a. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 1(diš) ^na₄nir₇ HI×X RA 17, 212 4 7. ELA/Ur III/Ur ŠU+LAGAB 3(diš) ^na₄nir₇ x UET 3, 0345 r i 6; [...] nir₇ UET 3, 0345 o i 4; 1(diš) ^gešmunu₄ ^na₄nir₇ UET 3, 0420 1. unknown/Ur III/unclear [x] ^na₄nir₇ a₂-[...]-ba ku₃-sig₁₇^# [gar-ra^?] MVN 18, 618 2.

~ XLEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^na₄nir₂ a-la-lu^# OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.1, 57; ^na₄nir₂ a-la-lu^# OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.1, 58; ^na₄KU nir₂ OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.1, 64a. ELA/Ur III/Ur [x] ^na₄nir₇ a₂-nun UET 3, 0345 o i 8; [...] nir₇ a₂-dar na₄ UET 3, 0729 9; 1(diš) ^na₄nir₇ igi-har ku₃-sig₁₇-ka šub-ba UET 3, 0743 1; 1(diš) ^na₄nir₇ a-la gug₂ ku₃-sig₁₇ gar-ra UET 3, 0743 2. unknown/Ur III/Umma 1(diš) a-la-lum nir₂ a-ri₂-lum-babbar 1(diš) ku₃-sig₁₇ gar-ra-bi UTI 6, 3800 11; 2(diš) tu-dur [nir₂] a-ri₂-lum-babbar 2(diš)-ta ku₃-sig₁₇ gar-ra-bi UTI 6, 3800 14; ŠU+LAGAB 1(diš) ^gi[x ...] nir₂ a₂-gid₂-da-ba-[a]-ka^?-bi babbar 1(diš) tum-ta dar^? TUM kun ku₃-sig₁₇ gar-ra UTI 6, 3800 r iv 1; ŠU+LAGAB 4(diš)^? nir₂ <a₂>-gid₂-da-babbar 2(diš)-ta ku₃-sig₁₇ gar-ra UTI 6, 3800 r iv 4; ŠU+LAGAB 8(diš)^? nir₂ igi-tur UTI 6, 3800 r iv 11.

~ igi[eye]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^na₄nir₂ igi OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.1, 55.

~ pa[branch] mušen[bird]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^na₄nir₂ pa mušen-na OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.1, 56.

~ ziz[insect]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^na₄nir₂ ziz OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.1, 54.

See: ellaĝ nir; kišib nir; lagab nir.

Akk. hulālu "a valuable stone".

[2004] N. Veldhuis, Nanše 137.

See ETCSL: nir₂=type of stone.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.