mušlah [CHARMER]

(16 instances)

mušlah [CHARMER] (16x: ED IIIb, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. lu2muš-lah4; lu2muš-lah5 "snake charmer" Akk. muš(la)lahhu

[1] cuneiform LU₂.MUŠ.|DU&DU| lu2muš-lah4
[2] cuneiform LU₂.MUŠ.|DU.DU| lu2muš-lah5
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4 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. snake charmer (16x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIb/unknown muš-lah4 Early Dynastic Lu E 28. ELA/Ur III/Girsu igi ur-pu2-sag muš-lah4-še3 ITT 3, 06370 6; a-ru-a ur3-re-ba-du7 muš-lah4 MVN 06, 494 1; 1(diš) muš-lah4 StOr 46, 44 o i 17; 1(diš) muš-lah4 StOr 46, 44 o ii 10; [x] muš#-lah4 StOr 46, 44 o i 4; 1(diš) muš-lah4 StOr 46, 44 r i 6; 1(diš) muš-lah4 StOr 46, 44 r i 22. ELA/Ur III/Umma ninda 1(diš) sila3 muš-lah4 MVN 10, 096 o ii 7. unknown/Ur III/Nippur 1(diš) sila3 kaš 1(diš) sila3 ninda muš-lah4# BBVO 11, 278, 6N-T364 20. unknown/Ur III/Umma tu-ra HAR-ba-a muš-lah4 lu2 gub nu-tuku Rochester 183 6. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown igi sin-mu-ba-li-iţ muš-lah4 TIM 04, 18 20.

Akk. muš(la)lahhu "snake charmer".

[1995] G. Visicato, Bureaucracy of Fara 108; 130-131.

See ETCSL: muš-lah4=snake charmer.

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