anir [LAMENT]

(138 instances)

anir [LAMENT] (138x: Old Babylonian) wr. a-nir; a-še-er "lament" Akk. tanēhu

[1] cuneiform A.|NUN&NUN| a-nir
[2] cuneiform A.ŠE.IR a-še-er (ES)
+ -0 (112x/81%); -ra (26x/19%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 69
[2] 66

17 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. lament (138x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur a-nir OB Kagal 300; a-nir OB Kagal 301; a-nir OB Kagal 302; a-še-er = ta-ni-hu OB Kagal 488; a-nir = ta-ni-hu OB Kagal 489.

See: ama anir.

Akk. tanēhu "moaning, distress".

[1989] P. Michalowski, Lamentation over Sumer and Ur 98.

See ETCSL: a-nir=lament.

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