bur [GRASS]

bur [GRASS] (20x: Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. ^u₂bur₂ "a grass" Akk. umşatu

[1]		^u₂bur₂
+	-0 (20x/100%).

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

4 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. a grass (20x/100%)

~ ELA/Ur III/Umma ^u₂bur₂ SIG₇-a 1(u) sar-ta NYPL 343 2; 3(aš) gu₂ ^u₂bur₂ StOr 09-1 17 (pl.4) 1; 3(aš) gu₂ ^u₂bur₂ Syracuse 477 5. ELA/Ur III/unclear ^u₂bur₂ sag₁₀ 2(diš) ma-na-am₃ TCS 1, 277 3. unknown/Ur III/Drehem 6(aš) gu₂ 1(u) 3(diš) ma-na ^<u₂>bur₂ Aleppo 345 1. unknown/Ur III/Umma 2(u) gu₂ ^u₂bur₂ SAT 2, 0654 3; 3(aš) gu₂ 2(u) 3(diš) ma-na ^u₂bur₂ SAT 2, 0781 2; 3(aš) gu₂ ^u₂bur₂ SANTAG 6, 060 4.

See: bisaĝ bur; buniĝ bur; niĝ bur.

Akk. umşatu "a tough grass".

[1964] M. Civil, Studies Oppenheim 86.

See ETCSL: bur₂=type of grass.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.