bur [GRASS]

(20 instances)

bur [GRASS] (20x: Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. u2bur2 "a grass" Akk. umşatu

[1] cuneiform U₂.BUR₂ u2bur2
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4 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. a grass (20x/100%)

~ ELA/Ur III/Umma u2bur2 SIG7-a 1(u) sar-ta NYPL 343 2; 3(aš) gu2 u2bur2 StOr 09-1 17 (pl.4) 1; 3(aš) gu2 u2bur2 Syracuse 477 5. ELA/Ur III/unclear u2bur2 sag10 2(diš) ma-na-am3 TCS 1, 277 3. unknown/Ur III/Drehem 6(aš) gu2 1(u) 3(diš) ma-na <u2>bur2 Aleppo 345 1. unknown/Ur III/Umma 2(u) gu2 u2bur2 SAT 2, 0654 3; 3(aš) gu2 2(u) 3(diš) ma-na u2bur2 SAT 2, 0781 2; 3(aš) gu2 u2bur2 SANTAG 6, 060 4.

See: bisaĝ bur; buniĝ bur; niĝ bur.

Akk. umşatu "a tough grass".

[1964] M. Civil, Studies Oppenheim 86.


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