alim [BISON]

alim [BISON] (43x: ED IIIa, Ur III, Old Babylonian, 1st millennium) wr. alim; e-lum "bison; heavy; important" Akk. ditānu; kabtu; kusarikku

[1]		alim
[2]		e-lum
+	-0 (38x/88%); -ma (5x/12%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		1	14	18		1
[2]				9

5 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. bison (43x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown alim la₂^? ED Geography B 44a; alim DU-DU ED Geography B 46. LEX/1st millennium/unknown alim šuhub_x(BAR×AN) ED Animal List B 60. ELA/Ur III/Girsu 1(aš) 1(barig) gur ša₃-gal alim ITT 2, 00737 o i 15; 3(barig) ša₃-gal alim ITT 2, 00737 o ii 10; 1(aš) 1(barig) gur ša₃-gal alim ITT 2, 00737 o i 6. ELA/Ur III/Umma 1(diš) gu₄ 1(diš) alim 4(u) 6(diš) udu Ontario 2, 637 1.

~ uLEX/Old Babylonian/unknown alim KAL ED Geography B 45. ELA/Ur III/Girsu [...] alim^? ITT 2, 00737 r iii 2; [... gur ša₃]-gal^# alim ITT 2, 00737 o i 26; [...] gur ša₃-gal alim ITT 2, 00737 r i 12.

~ nita[male]ELA/Ur III/Umma 1(diš) alim nita Ontario 2, 637 5.

2. heavy

3. important

Akk. ditānu "bison"; kabtu "heavy; important"; kusarikku "bison".

[2005] C. Mittermayer, Tierkopfzeichen 45-49.

[2004] P. Steinkeller, ZA 94 .

[1995] P. Steinkeller, BiOr 52 697.

See ETCSL: alim=bison.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.