šuba [MULTICOLOURED]

(34 instances)

šuba [MULTICOLOURED] (34x: Old Babylonian) wr. šuba; šuba₂ "(to be) multicoloured; (to be) manly; young man; (to be) pure; (to be) clear; (to be) bathed" Akk. bitrāmu; ellu; eţlu; ramku

[1]		šuba
[2]		šuba₂
+	-0 (34x/100%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]				18
[2]			1	6

14 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. (to be) multicoloured (34x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur [[šuba₂]] = = = ra-am-kum OB Diri Nippur 253; [[ kur šuba]] = = = ša-du-um ba-nu-um OB Diri Nippur Seg.9, 36. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown [[šuba₂]] = = = el-[lum] OB Diri "Oxford" 179; [[šuba₂]] = = = eţ-[lum] OB Diri "Oxford" 180. ELA/Ur III/Nippur [dumu] šuba₂ sagi AUCT 2, 164 3.

2. (to be) manly

3. young man

4. (to be) pure

5. (to be) clear

6. (to be) bathed

Akk. bitrāmu "multicolored"; ellu "(ritually) pure"; eţlu "manly"; ramku "'bathed', a priest".

[1989] P. Steinkeller, Sale 202.

See ETCSL: šuba=shining.

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