um [BIRD]

um [BIRD] (13x: ED IIIa, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. um^mušen; um-ma^mušen "a bird" Akk. ummu

[1]		um^mušen
[2]		um-ma^mušen
+	-0 (13x/100%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		1	1	11
[2]

3 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. a bird (13x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIa/unknown um^mušen ED Birds 41. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur um^mušen OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.6, 173'. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 3(šar₂) 1(gešʾu) 4(u) 1(diš) um^mušen MVN 13, 740 9.

Akk. ummu "a reed or rush rope".

[2004] N. Veldhuis, Nanše 302.

[1981] D. Owen, ZA 71 35-36.

See ETCSL: um=diving water bird.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.