tum [DOVE]

(34 instances)

tum [DOVE] (34x: ED IIIa, ED IIIb, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. tum12mušen "wild dove" Akk. summatu

[1] cuneiform TU.HU tum12mušen (tumušen)
+ -0 (33x/97%); -ma (1x/3%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 6 9 18

7 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. wild dove (34x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIa/unknown tum12mušen ED Birds 19. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur tum12mušen OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.6, 180'. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 1(diš) tumušen AUCT 1, 952 1; 4(diš) tumušen nig2-gu7 nin-ga2-še3 NYPL 079 3; 1(diš) tumušen ba-uš2 OIP 115, 054 2; 1(u) 5(diš) tumušen OIP 115, 037 5; [x] tu#mušen OIP 115, 037 3; 2(diš) tumušen OIP 115, 123 2. ELA/Ur III/Girsu 6(diš) sila3 še ša3-gal tumušen BM Messenger 177 3. ELA/Ur III/Umma ša3-gal tumušen JCS 35, 206 3 2; 3(geš2) 2(u) e2 tumušen YOS 04, 230 6.

See: hazin gu tum; zagin gu tum.

Akk. summatu "(female) dove, pigeon".

[2004] N. Veldhuis, Nanše 289-292.


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