lu [PERSON] N (18717x) Early Dynastic I-II, Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Ebla, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic, Uncertain, unknown wr. lu₂; lu; lu₂-lu₂; nu; lu-lu; lu₁₀; mu-lu; lu₃; lu₆ "person; man; who, which; of; ruler"

See lu did tuku[litigant]N, lu kaš še gibil[functionary]N, lu ninda aŋ[bread measurer]N, lu tur[patient]N.

[1]	𒇽	lu₂
[2]	𒇻	lu
[3]	𒇽𒇽	lu₂-lu₂
[4]	𒉡	nu
[5]	𒇻𒇻	lu-lu
[6]	𒁖	lu₁₀
[7]	𒈬𒇻	mu-lu
[8]	𒈖	lu₃
[9]	𒌨	lu₆

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]	2	283	3047	13	1037	325	8849	4708	328	66
[2]			1	4	8		2	18
[3]		1		1	2			11	3	1
[4]								4
[5]									1
[6]								1
[7]									1
[8]
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126 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic I-II (2x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIa (284x/2%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (3048x/16%)

Ebla (18x/0%)

Old Akkadian (1047x/6%)

Lagash II (325x/2%)

Ur III (8851x/47%)

Old Babylonian (4742x/25%)

Middle Assyrian (4x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (65x/0%)

Neo-Assyrian (161x/1%)

Neo-Babylonian (59x/0%)

Persian (1x/0%)

Hellenistic (43x/0%)

Uncertain (10x/0%)

unknown (57x/0%)

Senses:

1. person (18578x/99%)

2. man (113x/1%)

3. who, which (18x/0%)

4. of

5. ruler (8x/0%)

Akk. amēlu; ša.

Bibliography

[2000] G. Marchesi, St Cagni 673 n1.

[1982] T. Maeda, ASJ 4 70.

Word ID: o0033207; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0033207; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)