šilam [COW]

šilam [COW] (22x: ED IIIa, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. šilam; ^ab₂šilam; ^ab₂šilam₂; ša₃-lam; šallam₂; ^ab₂NUN.LAGAR "cow; bovine" Akk. arhu; littû

[1]		šilam
[2]		^ab₂šilam
[3]		^ab₂šilam₂
[4]		ša₃-lam
[5]		šallam₂
[6]		^ab₂NUN.LAGAR
+	-0 (21x/95%); -ma (1x/5%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		1	1	12
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6 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. cow; bovine (22x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIa/unknown šilam(TUR₃) ED Animals A 105; šilam(TUR₃) ED Animals A 121. LEX/ED IIIb/Ebla [[šilam_x]] = TUR₃ = si-la-mu-um Ebla Sign List 11.

~ gal[big]LEX/ED IIIa/unknown šilam_x(TUR₃) gal ED Lu A 28; šilam(TUR₃) gal ED Animals A 106.

~ kar[harbor]LEX/ED IIIa/unknown šilam kar ED Animals A 122.

See: ab šilam.

Akk. arhu "cow"; littû "cow".

[2002] N. Veldhuis, JCS 54 69-74.

[2001] P. Steinkeller, ZA 91 69 n205.

See ETCSL: šilam=cow.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.