buršuma [DOWAGER]

(17 instances)

buršuma [DOWAGER] (17x: Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. bur-šu-ma; bur-šum2-ma; bur-šu; bur-šu-um "dowager, matriarch, matron; an official; senior; old" Akk. puršumu; šībtu

[1] cuneiform BUR.ŠU.MA bur-šu-ma
[2] cuneiform BUR.SUM.MA bur-šum2-ma
[3] cuneiform BUR.ŠU bur-šu
[4] cuneiform BUR.ŠU.UM bur-šu-um
+ -0 (17x/100%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 4 9
[2] 2
[3] 1
[4] 1

5 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. dowager, matriarch, matron (17x/100%)

~ ELA/Old Akkadian/Nippur lu2 bur-šu-ma OSP 2, 100 r i 7. ELA/Ur III/Nippur bur-šu-ma lugal NATN 557 2. ELA/Ur III/Umma bur-šu-ma inim-dinanna Umma 040 3. unknown/Ur III/Nippur 1(diš) sila3 kaš 1(diš) sila3 ninda nu-eš3 bur-šu-ma BBVO 11, 278, 6N-T364 12. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown nam-ugula-e2 nam-i3-du8 nam-kisal-luh u3 bur-šu-ma TIM 04, 13 8.

2. an official

3. senior

4. old

Akk. puršumu "old (man/woman)"; šībtu "old woman".

[1995] G. Visicato, Bureaucracy of Fara 44-45 wn8.

[1994] F. Pomponio and G. Visicato, ED Szuruppak 179 wn58.

[1992] R. Zettler, Ur III Temple 193 n30.

See ETCSL: bur-šu-um=old woman.

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