tiru [COURTIER]

(6 instances)

tiru [COURTIER] (6x: Old Babylonian) wr. tiru; TE.GAL? "courtier" Akk. māri ekallim

[1] cuneiform |GAL.TE| tiru
[2] cuneiform TE.GAL TE.GAL?
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4 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. courtier (6x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIa/unknown tiru(GAL.TE) ED Lu A 17; lu2-ti-ru Early Dynastic Lu D 4. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur tiru(GAL.TE) OB Nippur Lu 76. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown [[tirum]] = ti-ru-um = GAL.TE = ma-ri E2.GAL-im RA 21, 178 ii 17.

Akk. māri ekallim "courtier, son of the palace".

[1991] I.J. Gelb, P. Steinkeller and R.M. Whiting, Kudurrus 74.

See ETCSL: tiru=courtier.

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