amagan [MOTHER]

amagan [MOTHER] (8x: Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. ama-gan "breeding female animal; child-bearing mother" Akk. ummu walittu

[1]		ama-gan
+	-0 (8x/100%).

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

3 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. breeding female animal (8x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ama-gan OB Nippur Lu 331; [[ama-gan]] = = AMA.GAN = um-mu-um wa-li^#-[it-tum] OB Diri Nippur Seg.7, 23; [[ama-gan]] = = = i-mi-ka-[nu]-um^# OB Diri Nippur Seg.7, 24. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown [[ama-gan]] = = AMA.GAN = um-mu [wa]-li^#-dum OB Diri "Oxford" 492; [[ama-gan]] = = = i-mi-[ka]-a^#-nu-um OB Diri "Oxford" 493.

See: munus amagan; šah amagan.

2. child-bearing mother

Akk. ummu walittu "breeding female animal".

[1999] A. Cavigneaux, Mesopotamian Magic 261-263.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.