urmah [LION]

(146 instances)

urmah [LION] (146x: Ur III, Early Old Babylonian, Old Babylonian) wr. ur-mah "lion" Akk. nēšu; urmahhu

[1] cuneiform UR.MAH ur-mah
+ -0 (145x/99%); -ha (1x/1%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 64 82

8 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. lion (146x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ur-mah OB Nippur Ura 3 286. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 2(diš) dusu2 nita2 mu ur-mah-še3 BAOM 2, 34 86 18; 2(diš) dusu2 nita2 mu ur-mah-še3 BAOM 2, 34 86 22; 2(diš) dusu2 nita2 mu ur-mah-še3 BAOM 2, 34 86 26. ELA/Ur III/Girsu 6(diš) ur-mah AAS 182 1; 1(barig)? ur-mah 1(barig) zi3 AAS 182 3. ELA/Ur III/Umma giri3 ur-mah CST 577 4. ELA/Early Old Babylonian/unknown 1(diš) ebih2 2 ur-mah-še3 BIN 10, 084 1. unknown/Old Babylonian/Tell Hammam et-Turkman [[ur-<mah>]] = = = ne-šum Studio Historiae Ardens, 289-291 ii 21. unknown/Ur III/Girsu ša3-gal lu2 ur-mah? TCTI 2, 03879 1. unknown/Ur III/Umma ki nam-bur2-a-ka ur-mah-e 2-a UTI 3, 2281 r i 14.

~ gunu[speckled]ELA/Ur III/Drehem ur-mah gun3-a MVN 10, 144 r ii 24.

See: kuš urmah; maš gal urmah; nim urmah; udu urmah gu; udu urmah gunu.

Akk. nēšu "lion"; urmahhu "lion (statue etc.)".

[1996] A. Sjoberg, Studies Limet 123 wn2.


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