bir [LOCUST]

bir [LOCUST] (35x: ED IIIa, Old Babylonian) wr. bir₅; buru₅; bur₅ "locust" Akk. erbu

[1]		bir₅
[2]		buru₅
[3]		bur₅
+	-0 (34x/97%); -re (1x/3%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		12		11
[2]		2	2
[3]

9 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. locust (35x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIa/unknown bir₅^mušen ED Birds 95. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur bir₅ OB Nippur Ura 3 355; bir₅^mušen OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.6, 147'. ELA/Ur III/Drehem [...] giri₃ buru₅-mu MVN 13, 437 3; [gub]-ba ti-la u₃ mušen buru₅ dal-la PDT 2, 0925 2. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu 4(aš@c) ^[gešu₃] buru₅ DP 485 o iii 3; 4(aš@c) ^gešu₃ buru₅ RTC 029 r iii 4.

~ XLEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur bir₅ en-tir OB Nippur Ura 3 360; bir₅ ĝa₂-nu-tir-ra OB Nippur Ura 3 361.

~ ab[sea]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur bir₅ ab-ba OB Nippur Ura 3 357.

~ gal[big]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur bir₅ gal OB Nippur Ura 3 356.

~ ĝir[scorpion]

~ irgilum[locust]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur bir₅ ir-gi-lum OB Nippur Ura 3 362.

~ saĝGURUŠ[animal]

~ sahar[dust]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur bir₅ sahar-ra OB Nippur Ura 3 358.

~ tur[small]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur bir₅ tur-tur OB Nippur Ura 3 359.

See: hazin gu bir; zagin gu bir.

Akk. erbu "locust".

[2004] N. Veldhuis, Nanše 224-226.

[2002] A. Cavigneaux and F. Alrawi, ZA 92 44-50.

See ETCSL: bir₅=locust.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.