bur [UNIT]

(123 instances)

bur [UNIT] (123x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. bur; bur3 "a unit of area; a unit of volume" Akk. būru

[1] cuneiform BUR bur
[2] cuneiform U bur3
+ -0 (105x/85%); -ra (18x/15%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 5 61 1
[2] 1 51 2

8 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. a unit of area (123x/100%)

~ ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu 1(aš@c) bur sal4-la VS 14, 176 o v 12. ELA/Old Akkadian/Lagash 2(aš@c) bur sal-[la] BM 026760 3; 2(aš@c) bur dga2-tum3-du10# BM 026760 5; 1(aš@c) bur gid2-da BM 026760 6; 1(aš@c) bur gid2#-[da] BM 026760 2. ELA/Old Akkadian/Nippur 1(aš@c) bur an-sud [...] OSP 2, 051 6; 1(aš@c) bur din-di OSP 2, 052 7; [1(diš)] bur OSP 2, 063 r ii 6. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 1(diš) na4gidri za-am bur KU ka-ba ku3-sig17 gar-ra TCL 2, 5529 10; 1(diš) na4ma-al-tum gid2-da bur tur TCL 2, 5529 13; 3(u) ninda gid2 1/2(diš) ninda dagal 1(diš) kuš3 bur3 CDLJ 2002/1, no. 15 r i 10. ELA/Ur III/Girsu 4(diš) bur-ra HLC 001 (pl. 051) o ii 4; ŠID# sila4 bur UD x HLC 213 (pl. 108) 5; [1(diš)] gu4 numun bur hun-ga2 HLC 282 (pl. 127) 11. ELA/Ur III/Nippur 6(diš) ninda gid2 3(diš) x-x 1(diš) kuš3 bur3 hi-a-ta NATN 606 1. ELA/Ur III/Umma 1(diš) 1/2(diš) ninda gid2 1(diš) ninda dagal 4(diš) kuš3 bur3 AnOr 01, 033 2; 1(diš) 1/2(diš) ninda gid2 1(diš) ninda dagal [x] kuš3 bur3 AnOr 01, 033 4; 3(diš) 1/2(diš) ninda gid2 1(diš) 1/2(diš) ninda dagal 5(diš) kuš3 [bur3] AnOr 01, 033 6. ELA/Ur III/Ur bur-ra ba-an-de2 UET 3, 0159 2; bur-ra ba-an-de2 UET 3, 0174 6; bur-ra ba-an-de2 UET 3, 0191 8. ELA/Ur III/unclear 1(diš) bur na4HAR-PI TIM 06, 19 r ii 11. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu 1(aš@c) bur gu-la DP 070 o i 2; 1(aš@c) bur tur DP 070 o i 3; 1(aš@c) bur šembi3 na4al-ga-mes ša3 šid DP 075 r i 4; 1(aš@c) bur nig2-gu7 RTC 020 o ii 5. unknown/ED IIIb/Lagash 1(aš@c) UD babbar# bur3-ra-ta BiMes 03, 27 r i 6. unknown/Ur III/Girsu giri3 bur-ra sukkal an-ša-anki-ta gen-na BM Messenger 039 3; 5(diš) sila3 kaš 3(diš) sila3 ninda 4(diš) gin2 i3-geš bur-ra-am3 sukkal BM Messenger 042 1; 5(diš) sila3 kaš 5(diš) sila3 ninda 1(diš) i3-geš id-gur2 bur-ra lu2 geštukul gu-la BM Messenger 135 2; bur-am3 lu2 geštukul gu-la TCTI 2, 04161 5. unknown/Ur III/Umma 2(diš) bur siskur2-ra MVN 16, 1371 2; bur ba-an-nu2 MVN 18, 516 3; 1(diš) ninda dagal 2/3(diš) kuš3 bur3 MVN 21, 215 3.

2. a unit of volume

Akk. būru "(a surface measure)".

[2002] J. Hoyrup, Lengths Widths Surfaces 17; 43.

[1991] I.J. Gelb, P. Steinkeller and R.M. Whiting, Kudurrus 115.

[1987-90] M.A. Powell, RlA 7 480; 490.

[1972] M. Powell, ZA 62 174-176.


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