bur [BOWL]

bur [BOWL] (85x: ED IIIa, ED IIIb, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. bur; ^na₄bur "(food) offering, sacrifice; meal(-time); (stone) bowl; a priest" Akk. abru; naptanu; nīqu; pūru

[1]		bur
[2]		^na₄bur
+	-0 (72x/85%); -ra (13x/15%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		8	3	50
[2]			13	10

10 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. (food) offering, sacrifice (85x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^na₄bur OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.1, 115; [[bur]] = [bu-ur] = BUR^# = pu^!?-[u₂-rum^?] OB Aa 215:1. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 3(diš) ^na₄bur hi-a MVN 03, 152 17; 1(diš) ^gešAB@g ^na₄bur OIP 115, 483 8; 1(diš) ^na₄bur pirig-dar TCL 2, 5529 6; 1(diš) ^na₄bur šagan TCL 2, 5529 11; 1(geš₂) 4(u) ^na₄bur hi-a TCL 2, 5529 12; 1(geš₂) 2(u) 3(diš) pisan unu ^na₄bur YOS 04, 296 4. ELA/Ur III/Girsu 1(diš) ^na₄bur gid₂-da RA 62, 11 17 8; 1(diš) gi-um ^na₄bur e₂ RA 62, 11 17 3. ELA/Ur III/Ur ^na₄bur šu₄-gan mar-hu-ta 1(diš)-a UET 3, 0693 2. ELA/Ur III/unclear 2(diš) ^na₄bur i₃ za₃-ga TLB 3, 168 o i 6. unknown/Ur III/Girsu ^na₄bur maš-da-re-a TCTI 2, 04046 2. unknown/Ur III/Umma 1(diš) ^na₄bur TCNU 638 2.

~ babbar "white bowl" LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^na₄bur babbar OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.1, 120.

~ izaga[oil]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^na₄bur i₃-zag-ga OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.1, 116.

~ kukku[dark]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^na₄bur kukku₅ OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.1, 121.

~ marhali[stone]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^na₄bur mar-ha-lum OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.1, 118.

~ marhuša[stone]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^na₄bur mar-hu-ša OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.1, 119. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 3(diš) ^na₄bur mar-hu-ša TCL 2, 5529 7.

~ šu[hand]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^na₄bur šu OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.1, 117.

See: X bulug bur; a bur; a saĝ bur; bulug bur; e bur sag; e bur šu šuš; siki bur; tug bur.

2. meal(-time)

3. (stone) bowl

4. a priest

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur bur^ur₂ OB Nippur Lu 557.

~ gal[big]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur bur^ur₂ gal OB Nippur Lu 558.

~ tur[small]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur bur^ur₂ tur^# OB Nippur Lu 559.

Akk. abru "a kind of priest"; naptanu "meal(-time)"; nīqu "offering, sacrifice; libation"; pūru "(stone) bowl".

[1993] W. Sallaberger, Kalender 73 n324.

See ETCSL: bur=type of bowl.

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