usar [NEIGHBOR]

usar [NEIGHBOR] (27x: ED IIIb, Ur III, Early Old Babylonian, Old Babylonian) wr. usar; u₅-šu-ur₂; u₃-šu-ru; u₃-šu-ur₂ "(female) neighbor; secondary wife" Akk. ši'ītu

[1]		usar (ušar, ušur)
[2]		u₅-šu-ur₂ (ES)
[3]		u₃-šu-ru
[4]		u₃-šu-ur₂ (ES)
+	-0 (27x/100%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		6	2	15
[2]				2
[3]
[4]

6 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. (female) neighbor (27x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ušar(LAL₂.SAR) OB Nippur Lu 767. ELA/Early Old Babylonian/Nippur ša₃ a-ša₃ usar PBS 08/1, 008 11; ša₃ a-ša₃ usar PBS 08/1, 008 2. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu 1(u@c) kin ušur dar-ra DP 046 o iv 4; 2(u@c) la₂ 2(diš) gur₁₀^ku₆ ušur dar-ra DP 046 o ii 4; 1(aš@c) ušur-me DP 135 r iii 4; 1(aš@c) ušur-me DP 177 o ii 3; 1(u@c) gur₁₀^ku₆ ušur dar-ra DP 203 o iv 7; 2(u@c) la₂ 2(diš) gur₁₀^ku₆ ušur dar-ra DP 203 o ii 3. unknown/Ur III/Umma gur_x(ŠE.KIN)-a ušur x ur₄-ra Princeton 1, 426 2; i₃-dub ušur a-ša₃ la₂-mah SAT 2, 1014 5.

~ maš[border]LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown ušar₃ maš ED Geography B 84.

2. secondary wife

Akk. ši'ītu.

[1989] P. Steinkeller, SDU 242-243.

See ETCSL: ušur=neighbour.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.