mu [NAME] N (11036x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic, Uncertain, unknown wr. mu; mu-un; ^immu; mu₄ "name; son; line of text; because of"

See kišib mu sara[seal]N, mu lugalak pad[swear]V/t, mu pad[nominate]V/t.

[1]	𒈬	mu
[2]	𒈬𒌦	mu-un
[3]	𒅎𒈬	^immu
[4]	𒌆	mu₄

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		12	102		159	222	8027	2179	227	99
[2]									4
[3]									4
[4]								1

47 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (12x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (102x/1%)

Old Akkadian (159x/1%)

Lagash II (222x/2%)

Ur III (8027x/73%)

Old Babylonian (2180x/20%)

Middle Assyrian (6x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (15x/0%)

Neo-Assyrian (136x/1%)

Neo-Babylonian (27x/0%)

Persian (3x/0%)

Hellenistic (48x/0%)

Uncertain (2x/0%)

unknown (97x/1%)

Senses:

1. name (10975x/99%)

2. son

3. line of text (59x/1%)

4. because of [PRP] (2x/0%)

Akk. šumu.

Bibliography

[2012] J. Anderson, Kingship in the Early Mesopotamian Onomasticon 10 n36

[2002] J. Høyrup, Lengths Widths Surfaces 45.

Word ID: o0034319; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0034319; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)