numun [SEED] N (1040x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. numun; ^ŋešnumun; numun^mušen; ni₃-gi-na; nu-mu "seed"

See a numunak[season]N, numun ŋar[sow]V/t, numun i[unmng]V/t, numun iʾi[multiply]V/t.

[1]	𒆰	numun
[2]	𒄑𒆰	^ŋešnumun
[3]	𒆰𒄷	numun^mušen
[4]	𒃻𒄀𒈾	ni₃-gi-na
[5]	𒉡𒈬	nu-mu
+	--na=n.a (25x/2%); --ne₂=n.e (1x/0%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		4	81		62	9	618	163	69	18
[2]								4	7
[3]								3
[4]								1
[5]								1

28 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (4x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (81x/8%)

Old Akkadian (62x/6%)

Lagash II (9x/1%)

Ur III (618x/59%)

Old Babylonian (172x/17%)

Middle Assyrian (2x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (19x/2%)

Neo-Assyrian (29x/3%)

Neo-Babylonian (25x/2%)

Hellenistic (1x/0%)

unknown (18x/2%)

Senses:

1. seed (1040x/100%)

Akk. zēru.

Bibliography

[2005] P. Attinger, ZA 95 213.

Word ID: o0036513; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0036513; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)