buru [SPARROW]

(30 instances)

buru [SPARROW] (30x: ED IIIa, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. buru5mušen "bird(s), small birds, sparrow; flock of birds" Akk. işşūru

[1] cuneiform NAM@n.HU buru5mušen
+ -0 (30x/100%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 1 3 20

8 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. bird(s), small birds, sparrow (30x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIa/unknown buru5mušen ED Birds 111. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur buru5mušen OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.6, 117'; [[buru5]] = bu-ru = BURU5 = [...] OB Aa 133:1. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 2(u) 8(diš) buru5mušen MVN 13, 270 2; 8(šar2) 3(gešʾu) 5(geš2) 3(u) 8(diš) buru5mušen gi MVN 13, 270 3; 4(gešʾu) 9(geš2) 2(u) 1(diš) buru5mušen MVN 13, 740 21.

2. flock of birds

Akk. işşūru "bird".

[2004] N. Veldhuis, Nanše 229-231.

[2002] A. Cavigneaux and F. Alrawi, ZA 92 44-50.

[1995] A. Cavigneaux and F. Alrawi, ZA 85 32.


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