babbarmin [~STONE] N (40x) Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian wr. babbar-min; babbar-min₅; babbar₂-min₅; ^na₄babbar-min₅ "double-striped, a qualification of agate"

[1]	𒌓𒈫	babbar-min
[2]	𒌓𒀸𒀸	babbar-min₅
[3]	𒌓𒌓𒀸𒀸	babbar₂-min₅
[4]	𒎎𒌓𒀸𒀸	^na₄babbar-min₅

	Ur III	OB	Post-OB
[1]	33
[2]		3	3
[3]		1
[4]

5 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Ur III (33x/83%)

Old Babylonian (4x/10%)

Middle Babylonian (2x/5%)

Neo-Assyrian (1x/3%)

Senses:

1. double-striped, a qualification of agate (40x/100%)

Bibliography

[2008] A. Schuster-Brandis, AOAT 46 404.

Lexical Associations

papparmīnu[(a semiprecious stone)]N (// nir[stone] babbarmin[~stone])

[MIN<(nir₂])> babbar-⸢min₅⸣ = pa₂-ap-pa-ar-me-⸢en⸣-na (Emar 6/2, p. 501, Msk 74203e o ii 46').

[^na₄nir₂] ⸢babbar⸣-min₅ = papparmīnu (Ura 16 Seg.2, 15).

References for all phrases

nir[stone] babbarmin[~stone]

^na₄nir₂ babbar-min₅ (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 a i 54; AlT 447 ii 40; OB Nippur Ura 4 60).

⸢^na₄⸣nir₂ babbar₂-min₅ (MSL 10, 062 a ii 2).

^na₄nir₇ babbar-[min₅] (BBVOT 03, 01 r 16).