nim [HIGH]

nim [HIGH] (31x: Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian, 1st millennium, unknown) wr. nim "(to be) high, elevated; (to be) early; easterner" Akk. šaqû

[1]		nim
+	-0 (24x/77%); -ma (7x/23%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]			14	11		1	3

10 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. (to be) high, elevated (21x/68%)

~ ELA/Old Akkadian/Nippur 1(u) 5(diš) nim-mu OSP 1, 129 r ii 2. ELA/Ur III/Girsu ab-ba-sa₆-ga i-nim MVN 06, 062 7. ELA/Ur III/Nippur ki en-nim-ma-da AUCT 3, 481 2; na-da-nim NATN 539 7. unknown/Old Babylonian/Sippar [[nim]] = ni-im = NIM = ra-bu-um MSL 14, 127-131 10 r ii 5a; [[nim]] = = = e-lu-um MSL 14, 127-131 10 r ii 5b. unknown/Old Akkadian/unknown da-num RIAA 007 2. unknown/Ur III/Drehem šu-ba-nim lu₂ du₈-du₈-li₂^ki SAT 2, 0536 2.

See: a nim; gu nim; ĝeštin nim; saĝkul nim; sila nim; še nim; šu nim; udu nim; udu saĝ nim.

2. (to be) early (10x/32%)

~LEX/unknown/Nippur nim sig-bi = ka-şa-tam u₃ li-li-a-tam PBS 05, 152, pls.123-4 [OBGT I/1] xi 30'=812.

See: maš nim; sila nim; u sila nim; udu nim.

3. easterner

Akk. šaqû "high, elevated".

[2005] J.J. Glassner, NABU 2005/13.

[2002] J. Hoyrup, Lengths Widths Surfaces 22; 45.

See ETCSL: nim=early.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.