bul [BLOW]

(15 instances)

bul [BLOW] (15x: ED IIIb, Old Babylonian) wr. bul4; bul; bun; bul5 "to blow; to winnow; to sift; to inflate" Akk. edēpu; našāpu; nesû

[1] cuneiform |KA×IM| bul4 (bun2)
[2] cuneiform |LAGAB×U+U+U| bul (bu5)
[3] cuneiform |LAGAB×IM| bun
[4] cuneiform |LAGAB×SUM| bul5
+ -0 (15x/100%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 2 4
[2] 2
[3]
[4]

7 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. to blow (15x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur [[bu5-bu5]] = bu-ub-bu = LAGAB×EŠ.LAGAB×EŠ = na-ša-pu OB Diri Nippur 87; [[bu5-bu5]] = = = pu-u2 OB Diri Nippur 88. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown lu2 bun2 dug4-dug4 = mu-na-pe-e-hum OB Lu-Azlag A 345; lu2 bun2 dug4-dug4 = mu-na-ap-pi-hu lu2-azlag B and C Seg.10, 17. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown bun2 = [...] MSLSSI, 17-27 iii 61; bun2 dug4-[dug4] = [...] MSLSSI, 17-27 iv 1. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown bun2-[na] OIP 104, 022 o v 8; 1(diš) bun2-na OIP 104, 022 o vi 5'. unknown/Ur III/Umma ma2 in-bul5-bul5-še3 UTI 4, 2685 2.

See: innu bul.

2. to winnow

3. to sift

4. to inflate

Akk. edēpu "to blow (away)"; našāpu "to blow (st,h.) away"; nesû "to be distant".

[1994] M. Civil, Farmer's Instructions 96; 108 n127.

[1979] P. Steinkeller, RA 73 91-92.

[1978] P. Steinkeller, RA 72 76.

[1973] M. Civil, JNES 32 60.

ePSD icon ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.