kur [MOUNTAIN]

(2494 instances)

kur [MOUNTAIN] (2494x: ED IIIa, ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Early Old Babylonian, Old Babylonian, 1st millennium, unknown) wr. kur; kir5 "underworld; land, country; mountain(s); east; easterner; east wind" Akk. erşetu; mātu; šadû; šadû

[1] cuneiform KUR kur
[2] cuneiform IDIM kir5
+ -0 (1381x/55%); -ra (997x/40%); -re (110x/4%); -re2 (6x/0%).
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[1] 59 835 1231 2 2
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66 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. underworld (2494x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIa/unknown labx(DU6) kur ED Lu A 88. LEX/ED IIIb/Ebla [[kur]] = KUR Ebla Sign List 125. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur [[kur]] = [ku-ur] = [KUR] = ma#-a#-tum OB Aa 447:1; [[kur]] = = = [ša]-du-um OB Aa 447:2; [[kur]] = = = [er-şe]-tum OB Aa 447:3; [[kur šuba]] = = = ša-du-um ba-nu-um OB Diri Nippur Seg.9, 36. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown KA kur ED Geography B 49. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu kur dilmunki-ta VS 14, 030 o ii 4; kur dilmun-še3 VS 14, 038 r ii 5; kur dilmunki-ta VS 14, 194 o ii 5; 5(u) gin2 pirig kur-ka-kam VS 25, 098 o iii 1; nin kur dilmunki-na-[ke4] VS 27, 098 o ii 4; 1(aš@c) [2(diš)] [me]-lam2# kur-ra VS 27, 095 o iii 1. ELA/ED IIIb/Umma 2(aš@c) e2 kur nin RGK 20050520d 2. ELA/ED IIIb/unknown kur dilmunki-ta ASJ 19, 054 r iii 1; kur dilmunki-še3 ASJ 19, 054 o i 6. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu 2(geš2) 6(diš) u8 kur RTC 266 1; 5(geš2) 1(u) 3(diš) u8 kur RTC 269 1; 3(u) 6(aš@c) mer 1(geš2) 5(u@c) kur DPA 34 1. ELA/Old Akkadian/Nippur 2(geš2) la2 1(u) kur-mu# [x] OSP 2, 094 o ii 4; [x] [x] kur-mu OSP 2, 095 o iii 5; 2(geš2) 2(u) kur-mu 1(ban2@c) OSP 2, 098 o ii 9; 1(aš) 3(barig) kur-mu OSP 2, 106 5. ELA/Old Akkadian/Sippar kur-ra CT 50, 080 3. ELA/Old Akkadian/Umma 2(aš@c) kur-ra MAD 4, 134 4. ELA/Old Akkadian/unclear kur-ni-še3 MC 4, 58 7. ELA/Lagash II/Girsu 1(diš) sila3 kur MVN 07, 286 3. ELA/Ur III/Drehem ki na-ap-la-num2 mar-tu-še3 kur mar-tu-še3 ma2-a ba-a-gub Amorites 02 (pl.1) 2; nam-ra-ak kur mar-tu Amorites 11 (pl.4) 5; nam-ra-ak kur mar-tu Amorites 12 (pl.5) 7. ELA/Ur III/Girsu ŠU+LAGAB 3(barig) 2(diš) sila3 u2 kur Amherst 069 o ii 2; 3(barig) 2(diš) sila3 u2 kur Amherst 069 o i 5; 2(barig) 5(ban2) 8(diš) 2/3(diš) sila3 u2 kur Amherst 069 r i 10. ELA/Ur III/Nippur [...] 6(diš) sila3 u2 kur BE 03/1, 148 8; 1(u) še gur še kur-ra FAOS 02, 054 1; mu kur mar-tu-še3 NATN 354 2; 3(ban2) u2 kur NATN 375 13; 4(ban2) dku3-ŠIM-an-dul3 kur NATN 821 2; 1(barig) še mu še kur a-ša3 e2-duru5-en-na-še3 TMH NF 1-2, 155 4. ELA/Ur III/Umma 3(u) kur AAS 102+205 2; 6(aš) gu2 3(u) 8(diš) ma-na siki kur-ra ActOrHun Or 2, 165 o i 1; 4(ban2) u2 kur AnOr 01, 064 20. ELA/Ur III/Ur mu me-lam2-a-ni kur-kur-ra bi2-in-dul9 UET 3, 0260 3; [...] kur-kur-ra UET 3, 0261 8; kur-bi mu-na-e-ra-a UET 3, 0711 6. ELA/Ur III/unclear ŠU+LAGAB 4(aš) 2(barig) 5(ban2) u2 kur gur AAS 200 r ii 4; 1(diš) udu nita2 kur AUCT 2, 103 1; 4(ban2) u2 kur 1(u) 4(diš)-ta MVN 13, 696 5. ELA/Early Old Babylonian/unknown geš kur gešgešimmar BIN 10, 091 2. ELA/Old Babylonian/Nippur kur gu2-si-a an-ga3-am3 OB Contracts, pl. C6-7 no. 21 23; kur gu2-si-a an-ga-an-mu-da!-ab-bal-e OB Contracts, pl. D1 no. 22 is actually UM 29-16-092 20; kur gu2 si-a [...] SAOC 44, 79 29. ELA/Old Babylonian/unclear kur gu2-si-a an-ga-am3 MC 3, 46 25. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown tumukur-ra IM 070209 r iii 2. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu lu2 dba-ba6 kur-re2 lah5-ha-me DP 141 r iii 2; 3(aš@c) absin3 šum2-GU4 kur-ra DP 377 o i 2; kur dilmunki-še3 DP 518 r i 3. unknown/ED IIIb/Lagash 1(aš@c) en kur-ta e3#-a BiMes 03, 27 r iv 4; 1(aš@c) dutu kur-ra BiMes 03, 28 o iii 3; 1(aš@c) en kur-ta BiMes 03, 28 o iii 8. unknown/ED IIIb/Nippur kur-ra!? al-lu2# ASJ 16, p. 43-46 prism xiv 3. unknown/ED IIIb/unclear nig2-gur11 kur-ra MC 4, 12 o iii 3. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown kur-kur u2 sal-la ITT 5, 09226 1. unknown/Old Akkadian/Adab 1(aš@c) u8 kur OIP 014, 134 1. unknown/Ur III/Drehem 1(diš) udu nita2 kur-ra ba-uš2 Aleppo 365 1; 1(diš) u8 kur ba-uš2 Aleppo 368 1; 1(diš) u8 kur-ra ba-uš2 Aleppo 370 1. unknown/Ur III/Girsu 1(u) 2(aš)? gur# [...] 2(diš) kur [...]-x ASJ 15, 127 96 r i 3; 5(diš) sila3 kaš 3(diš) sila3 zi3 1(diš) i3 id-gur2 mar-tu kur-ba BM Messenger 142 3; 3(u) ma-na siki kur BM Messenger 223 1. unknown/Ur III/Nippur 1/2(diš) GAN2 3(ban2) še kur BBVO 11, 294, 6N-T622 5. unknown/Ur III/Umma 8(diš) u8 kur-ra ASJ 19, 217 49 1; 2(diš) udu nita2 kur-ra ASJ 19, 217 49 2; 2(diš) sila4 nita2 kur-ra ASJ 19, 217 49 3. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown kur gu2-si-a an-ga-am3 TIM 04, 54 23; kur gu2 si-a an-ga-am3 SAOC 44, 78 30; kur gu2-si-a an-ga-am3# SAOC 44, 43 23.

See: a še kur; adkin maš kur; adkin sila kur; amsi kur; asal kur; dih kur; e kur igi ĝal; gud kur; ĝešnimbar kur; hašhur kur; ildag kur; im sahar babbar kur; im sahar giggi kur; kišighar kur; kugsig sahar kur; kuš amsi kur; maš kur; mun u kur; siki kur; sul maš kur; sul sila kur; sumun kur; šakkan kur; šennur kur; šinig kur; šum kur; udu kur; udu zusiga kur; uzudirig kur.

2. land, country

3. mountain(s)

4. east

5. easterner

6. east wind

Akk. erşetu "earth, land"; mātu "land, country"; šadû "mountain(s); a myth. locality corresponding to Sum. kur"; šadû "mountain(s); a myth. locality corresponding to Sum. kur".

[1996] W. Heimpel, NABU 1996/28.


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