buru [BIRD] (/^gburu/)

buru [BIRD] (13x: ED IIIa, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. buru₄^mušen; gu-ur₂^mušen; buru₁₅^mušen; buru₁₆^mušen; buru₆^mušen "crow; a bird of prey or a vulture" Akk. erēbu[rook]

[1]		buru₄^mušen
[2]		gu-ur₂^mušen
[3]		buru₁₅^mušen
[4]		buru₁₆^mušen
[5]		buru₆^mušen
+	-0 (13x/100%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		3	1	7
[2]			1
[3]
[4]
[5]

5 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. crow (13x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIa/unknown buru₄^mušen ED Birds 21. LEX/Old Babylonian/Kish [[buru₄^mušen]] = [...] = [ŠIR.BUR-MUŠEN] = [e]-re-bu PRAK 1 B 227 1. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur buru₄^mušen OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.6, 88'; [[buru₄^mušen]] = = [ŠIR.BUR]-MUŠEN = he-re-e-bu OB Diri Nippur Seg.9, 6. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown [[buru₄^mušen]] = = ŠIR.BUR-MUŠEN = x^#-[ri]-bu-um OB Diri "Oxford" 548. unknown/Ur III/Umma gu-ur₂^mušen dal-la MVN 21, 080 4.

~ XLEX/ED IIIa/unknown buru₄^mušen TIL ED Officials 101; buru₄^mušen AŠ ED Officials 105. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur buru₄ nita^mušen OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.6, 90'. unknown/Ur III/Drehem buru₄^mušen dal-še₃ a-ša₃ ug₃-IL₂ Aleppo 241 2.

2. a bird of prey or a vulture

Akk. erēbu[rook] "to enter".

[2004] N. Veldhuis, Nanše 226-228.

[1973] M. Civil, JNES 32 60.

See ETCSL: buru₄=crow.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.