buru [SPARROW] N (111x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. buru₅^mušen; buru₅; buru₄^mušen; bu-ru; buru₄ "sparrow; bird(s), small birds; flock of birds"

[1]	𒉅𒄷	buru₅ ^mušen
[2]	𒉅	buru₅
[3]	𒉢𒁓𒄷	buru₄ ^mušen
[4]	𒁍𒊒	bu-ru
[5]	𒉢𒁓	buru₄

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		3	2				4	35	4
[2]		6					1	28	10
[3]			5					8	1
[4]								2		1
[5]

14 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (9x/8%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (7x/6%)

Ur III (5x/5%)

Old Babylonian (73x/66%)

Middle Assyrian (1x/1%)

Middle Babylonian (2x/2%)

Neo-Assyrian (9x/8%)

Neo-Babylonian (1x/1%)

Hellenistic (2x/2%)

unknown (1x/1%)

Senses:

1. sparrow (90x/81%)

2. bird(s), small birds (21x/19%)

3. flock of birds

Akk. iṣṣūru.

Bibliography

[2004] N. Veldhuis, Nanše 229-231.

[2002] A. Cavigneaux and F. Al-Rawi, ZA 92 44-50.

[1995] A. Cavigneaux and F. Al-Rawi, ZA 85 32.

buru₄{mušen}

= erēbu (PRAK 1 B 227 1).

buru₅

= iṣṣūru (Ea 02 299; OB Nippur Ea 133; OB Nippur Aa 133:1).

Lexical Associations

dimītu[(a bird)]N (// buru[sparrow])

buru₅ = ⸢di⸣-mi-tu (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 r ii 47).

erēbu[rook]N (// buru[sparrow])

buru₄^mušen = a-ri-bu (UET 7, 0132 r ii' 22).

buru₄^mušen = [e]-re-bu (PRAK 1 B 227 1).

buru₄^mušen = ḫe-re-e-bu (OB Nippur Diri Seg.9, 6).

iṣṣūru[bird]N (// buru[sparrow])

buru₅ = iṣ-ṣu-ru (Ea 02 299; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 r ii 49).

buru₅ = iṣ-ṣu-rum (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 r ii 46a).

References for all phrases

buru[sparrow]

buru₄^!^mušen (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 d ii 15; OB Nippur Ura 4 397; ED Birds 21).

buru₅ (MSL 14, 023 Fc r i' 18'; MSL 14, 023 Fk r ii' 9; OB Nippur Ea 133; MSL 14, 018 Ai (+) Fg e 3'; MSL 14, 29 Lb a iii 10; PBS 12, 56 r ii' 20'; PBS 05, 128 r 9'; MSL 14, 018 Bb o iv 11).

buru₅ = [...] (OB Nippur Aa 133:1).

⸢buru₅^mušen⸣ (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 d i 25; AO 06034 o iii 4; OB Nippur Ura 4 426; ED Birds 111; UET 7, 092 iii 6').

buru₅ = ⸢di⸣-mi-tu (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 r ii 47).

buru₄^mušen = a-ri-bu (UET 7, 0132 r ii' 22).

buru₄^mušen = [e]-re-bu (PRAK 1 B 227 1).

buru₄^mušen = ḫe-re-e-bu (OB Nippur Diri Seg.9, 6).

buru₅ = iṣ-ṣu-ru (Ea 02 299; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 r ii 49).

buru₅ = iṣ-ṣu-rum (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 r ii 46a).

buru[sparrow] AŠ

buru₄^mušen AŠ (ED Officials 105).

buru[sparrow] LIŠ-da nita[male]

⸢buru₅⸣ LIŠ-da nita^mušen (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 d i 30).

buru[sparrow] LIŠ-da{mušen}

⸢buru₅⸣ LIŠ-da^mušen (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 d i 29).

buru[sparrow] NAGA{mušen}

⸢buru₅ NAGA⸣^mušen (CM 22, pl. 35-36 r iv 47).

buru[sparrow] SAR-ra{mušen}

⸢buru₅ SAR-ra^mušen⸣ (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 d i 28).

buru[sparrow] TIL

buru₄^mušen TIL (ED Officials 101).

buru[sparrow] a-x{mušen}

buru₅ a-x⸢^mušen⸣ (CM 22, pl. 35-36 r iv 46).

buru[sparrow] aš-ha-la-nu-um{mušen}

⸢buru₅⸣ aš-ḫa-la-nu-um^mušen (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 d i 31).

buru[sparrow] munu[malt]

buru₅ munu₄[^mušen] (UET 7, 092 iii 13').

buru[sparrow] ur[drag]

buru₅ ur₃-ra[^mušen] (UET 7, 092 iii 7').

buru[sparrow] x

buru₅ [...] = [...] (Ura 18 Seg.6, 5; LTBA 1, 59 o ii' 5').

buru[sparrow] x-x-x{mušen}

⸢buru₅ x-x-x^mušen⸣ (CM 22, pl. 35-36 r iv 49).

buru[sparrow] x{mušen}

buru₅ x^mušen (AO 06034 o iii 8; CM 22, pl. 35-36 r iv 45).

buru[sparrow] {ŋeš}x

⸢buru₅ ^{ŋeš^?}⸣[...] = [...] [...] (LTBA 1, 86 r i 27).

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