sur [SPIN]

(200 instances)

sur [SPIN] (200x: ED IIIa, ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. sur "to spin; to twist; to slither" Akk. ţawû; šalālu

[1] cuneiform SUR sur
+ -ra (105x/53%); -0 (94x/47%); -ru (1x/1%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 60 136 2

29 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. to spin (198x/99%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown [lu2 tug2 KA sur-ra] = [mu-pa-at-ti]-lum OB Lu-Azlag A 9; [lu2 tug2 KA] sur#-ra = mu-pa-at-ti#-lum# lu2-azlag B and C Seg.1, 9. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu mu-sur VS 14, 037 r i 5; 1(u@c) gur4-gur4 kas sur-ra VS 14, 048 o ii 7; mu-sur 6(×DIŠ@t) VS 14, 052 r ii 5. ELA/ED IIIb/unknown mu-sur Nik 1, 046 r v 5; mu-sur Nik 1, 047 r iv 5; mu-sur 6(×DIŠ@t) Nik 1, 048 r iii 6; mu-sur Nik 1, 049 r iv 2. ELA/Old Akkadian/Adab [x] kaš sur-ra Adab 0835+0840 10; 1(barig@c) kaš sur-ra Adab 0835+0840 6. ELA/Old Akkadian/Ur 5(aš@c) kaš sur-ra UET 2 supp 50 3. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 2(diš) uruda x-šu ku3-babbar sur-sur-ra AUCT 1, 959 3; an-ga-an-sur-ra BIN 03, 598 4; i3 sur-de3 MVN 13, 164 2. ELA/Ur III/Girsu ip-qu2-ša u3-sur du8-de3 gen-na DAS 126 3; mu ku6 ninda sur-ra-še3 gen-na HSS 04, 059 10; nig2*#-siskur2#-ra ab2* šarx(NE)-ra [an]-ta#-sur-ra-še3 ITT 2, 00796 5. ELA/Ur III/Nippur 3(aš) še geš-i3 gur sur-de3 NATN 526 1; karadin5 ga6-ga2! u3 u2-dur karadin5-na a sur-ra a-ša3 didli NATN 620 o ii 2. ELA/Ur III/Susa 2(geš2) še geš-i3 sur-de3 MDP 28, 505 1. ELA/Ur III/Umma i7 dul9-la-ta ma2 su3 gi7-da u2gug4 SIG7-a dur sur-ra ma2-a keš2-ra2 ASJ 08, 068 o ii 21; gaba kar-ra gil sur-ra gi ga2-nun-ta e3-a ma2 la2-a keš2-ra2 ASJ 08, 068 o iii 6; ga2-nun gaba e2-[...] gil sur-ra ma2 la2-a keš2#-ra2# ASJ 08, 068 o iii 10. ELA/Ur III/Ur x-x-ra-bi sur-ru UET 3, 0436 4; ba-sur ša3-ba UET 3, 0586 3; ba-sur ša3-ba UET 3, 0757 2. ELA/Ur III/unclear a-ZI&ZI šu-ni bi2-in-sur Trouvaille 01 2; geš-i3 sur-ra YOS 04, 195 3; KA!? IR!? u3 sur-ra gal4-la-a-[ni] ZA 55, 71 1. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu kas-bi e2-gal-la e-sur DP 169 r i 4; ba-sur DP 170 o iii 1; iti an-ta-sur-ra-a DP 310 o ii 4. unknown/ED IIIb/Nippur 1(aš@c) kaš sur-ra OSP 1, 128 o ii 5; 1(aš@c) kaš sur-ra OSP 1, 128 o i 6. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown sa2-du11 ru-a ba-sur HSS 03, 48 ii 2; mu-sur HSS 03, 52 r i 2; mu-sur 3(×DIŠ@t) TSA 40 r iv 5. unknown/Old Akkadian/Adab 2(u@c)* dug 7(aš@c) sila3 kaš sig5 sur-ra OIP 014, 184 2; [x dug] la2 3(aš@c) 1/2(diš) sila3 kaš gen sur-ra OIP 014, 184 4; 9(diš)*?# dug la2 1(aš@c) 1/2(diš) sila3 kaš sig5# sur-ra OIP 014, 184 1; 9(diš)* dug 8(diš) sila3 kaš [gen] sur-[ra] OIP 014, 184 3. unknown/Ur III/Girsu še u3-sur-ra MVN 17, 084 4; i3-dub i7 sur-ra-ta SAT 1, 036 4; i7 u3-sur 2-de3 TCTI 2, 03211 2; i7 u3-sur 2-e-de3 TCTI 2, 03240 2; i7 u3-sur 2-e-de3 TCTI 2, 03282 1. unknown/Ur III/Umma gigil kid a-e3-a sur-ra ArOr 62, 236 I 866 3; gigil sur-ra ArOr 62, 236 I 866 4; dur sur-ra u3 gešdal keš2-ra2 Georgica 7.12 3.

2. to twist (2x/1%)

~LEX/ED IIIa/unknown ĝir2 sur ED Metals 91; AN ĝir2 sur ED Metals 92.

3. to slither

Akk. ţawû "spin"; šalālu "to carry off, plunder".

[1992] H. Waetzoldt, BSA 6 132; 141 n63.


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