ama [CHAMBER]

(10 instances)

ama [CHAMBER] (10x: ED IIIb, Ur III) wr. e2-MI; ama5; a2-mi "chamber; cell; women's quarters" Akk. maštaku

[1] cuneiform E₂.MI e2-MI (e2-mi)
[2] cuneiform |GA₂×SAL| ama5
[3] cuneiform A₂.MI a2-mi
+ -0 (10x/100%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 1 3
[2] 2
[3] 2

7 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. chamber (10x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ama5 OB Kagal 176; [[ama5]] = [a-me] = [E2×SAL] = ma-#-ta#-kum OB Aa 224:1. ELA/ED IIIb/unknown e2-mi Nik 1, 084 r i 2. ELA/Ur III/Girsu 1(ban2) 5(diš) e2-mi-ni-še3? dumu-ni HLC 028 (pl. 066) o i 11; 1(diš)# a2#-mi-ni-še3 Iraq 41, 125 2 6; a-ru-a e2-mi-ni-še3 MVN 02, 277 o ii 14'. unknown/Ur III/Girsu 1(diš) du11-ga-ni dam ku3*#-dim2-ma mu a2-mi-a i3-in-ti-la-še3 MVN 17, 129 2. unknown/Ur III/Umma e2-MI ga-eški AR RIM 07 12 10.

See: hazin ama; ub ama.

2. cell

3. women's quarters

Akk. maštaku "chamber".

[1997-1998] R. de Maaijer and B. Jagersma, AfO 44-45 285.

[1989] P. Michalowski, Lamentation over Sumer and Ur 76-78.


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