atu [DOORKEEPER?]

(21 instances)

atu [DOORKEEPER?] (21x: ED IIIa, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. a-tu "doorkeeper?; a priest or cultic functionary"

[1] cuneiform A.TU a-tu
+ -0 (21x/100%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 1 17 3

9 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. doorkeeper? (19x/90%)

~ LEX/ED IIIa/unknown a-tu Early Dynastic Lu C 2_(67). ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu dumu a-tu-ka-kam RTC 081 3. ELA/Ur III/Girsu geme2 i3-bi2-la a-tu-ke4-ne AOAT 025, 438 BM 19356 3; geme2 i3-bi2-la a-tu-ke4-ne ha-a-me-en3 AOAT 025, 438 BM 19356 9; a-tu-e ama-ar-gi8-bi in*-garar ITT 2, 00752 20; a-tu-e ITT 2, 00960 16; a-tu-e MVN 07, 233 4; mu a-tu-a-še3 SET 298 2; gu4 a-tu-kam TUT 026 o v 13. ELA/Ur III/Umma a-tu-e AnOr 12, 101 1 2; a-tu-e AnOr 12, 101 1 9; e2-kišib3-ba-ka-na a-tu-da nu-me-a nu-un-ku4-ri-in MVN 11, 168 9; uš2 a-tu-e TCL 5, 6039 r iii 14; a-tu-e TJAMC IOS 11 (pl.52) 4. ELA/Ur III/unclear še a-tu-ka Tavolette 357 3; še e2 a-tu-a TCS 1, 231 3. unknown/Ur III/Umma a-tu-e du8-x TCNU 652 2; a-tu-e SAT 3, 2060 4.

2. a priest or cultic functionary (2x/10%)

~LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur a-tu OB Nippur Lu 226; a#-tu OB Nippur Lu 227.

See ETCSL: a-tu=type of priest.

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