nig [BITCH]

nig [BITCH] (16x: ED IIIa, Old Babylonian) wr. nig "female dog; lioness" Akk. kalbatu; nēštu

[1]		nig
+	-0 (16x/100%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		1		13

2 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. female dog (16x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur nig OB Nippur Ura 3 299. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown [[nig]] = = [SAL].UR^# = ka-[al-ba]-tum^# OB Diri "Oxford" 366. unknown/Old Babylonian/Tell Hammam et-Turkman [[nig_x(UR)]] = ni-ig = UR = kal-ba-tum Studio Historiae Ardens, 289-291 ii 17; [[nig_x(UR)]] = = = ne-eš-tum Studio Historiae Ardens, 289-291 ii 18.

~ amar[young]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur nig amar-ra OB Nippur Ura 3 300.

2. lioness

Akk. kalbatu "female dog, bitch"; nēštu "lioness".

[1968] W. Heimpel, Tierbilder 367-368.

See ETCSL: nig=female dog.

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