tum [DOVE]

tum [DOVE] (34x: ED IIIa, ED IIIb, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. tum₁₂^mušen "wild dove" Akk. summatu

[1]		tum₁₂^mušen (tu^mušen)
+	-0 (33x/97%); -ma (1x/3%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		6	9	18

7 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. wild dove (34x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIa/unknown tum₁₂^mušen ED Birds 19. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur tum₁₂^mušen OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.6, 180'. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 1(diš) tu^mušen AUCT 1, 952 1; 4(diš) tu^mušen nig₂-gu₇ nin-ga₂-še₃ NYPL 079 3; 1(diš) tu^mušen ba-uš₂ OIP 115, 054 2; 1(u) 5(diš) tu^mušen OIP 115, 037 5; [x] tu^#^mušen OIP 115, 037 3; 2(diš) tu^mušen OIP 115, 123 2. ELA/Ur III/Girsu 6(diš) sila₃ še ša₃-gal tu^mušen BM Messenger 177 3. ELA/Ur III/Umma ša₃-gal tu^mušen JCS 35, 206 3 2; 3(geš₂) 2(u) e₂ tu^mušen YOS 04, 230 6.

See: hazin gu tum; zagin gu tum.

Akk. summatu "(female) dove, pigeon".

[2004] N. Veldhuis, Nanše 289-292.

See ETCSL: tum₁₂=pigeon.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.