emeda [NURSEMAID] N (117x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic wr. emeda^da; emeda; e-mi-da; emeda^da-emeda^da; emedaₓ(ME.UM); um-me-da₂; um-me-ga; URU×GA.ME; URU×GA-ME-DA; emeda-emeda; emeda₃ "nursemaid"

[1]	𒌝𒈨𒁕	emeda ^da
[2]	𒌝𒈨	emeda
[3]	𒂊𒈪𒁕	e-mi-da
[4]	𒌝𒈨𒁕𒌝𒈨𒁕	emeda^da-emeda^da
[5]	𒈨𒌝𒈨𒌝	emedaₓ(ME.UM)
[6]	𒌝𒈨𒋫	um-me-da₂
[7]	𒌝𒈨𒂵	um-me-ga
[8]	𒌼𒈨	URU×GA.ME
[9]	𒌼𒈨𒁕	URU×GA-ME-DA
[10]	𒌝𒈨𒌝𒈨	emeda-emeda
[11]	𒌟	emeda₃

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		1	18			2	26	30	5
[2]							11	16	1
[3]									1
[4]								1
[5]			1
[6]									1
[7]								1
[8]								1
[9]								1
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[11]

24 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (1x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (19x/16%)

Lagash II (2x/2%)

Ur III (37x/32%)

Old Babylonian (50x/43%)

Middle Babylonian (1x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (5x/4%)

Neo-Babylonian (1x/1%)

Hellenistic (1x/1%)

Senses:

1. nursemaid (117x/100%)

Akk. tārītu.

Bibliography

[2017] F. Karahashi, Studies Civil 159-171.

[2011] M. Civil, CUSAS 17 283-284.

[2005] P. Michalowski, ZA 95 72 n17.

[2003-2004] W. Sallaberger, JEOL 38 52.

[1995] A. Cavigneaux and F. Al-Rawi, ZA 85 183.

[1981] P. Steinkeller, ASJ 3 88-90.

emeda

(OB Nippur Ea 186; OB Nippur Aa 186:1).

um-me-da

= tārītum (K 04263+ o ii 8').

ummeda

= tārītum (Ea 03 210).

Lexical Associations

tārītu[nurse]N (// emeda[nursemaid])

emeda = [ta-ri]-tum (MSL 14, 87 A r iv 13'').

um-me-da = ta-ri-tum (K 04263+ o ii 8').

ummeda = ta-ri-tum (Ea 03 210).

tārītu[nurse]N zuqiqīpu[scorpion]N (// emeda[nursemaid] ŋirtab[scorpion])

[um]-me-da ŋir₂-tab = ta-rit zu-qa-qi₂-pi (Ura 14 376).

[um]-me-da ŋir₂-tab = ta-ri-tu₂ zu-qa-qi₂-pi (LTBA 1, 40 r iii 4).

References for all phrases

emeda[nursemaid]

emeda (MSL 14, 023 Fv o 13'; OB Nippur Ea 186; MSL 14, 29 Lb a iv 7; OB Nippur Lu 385; MSL 14, 018 Bb o v 25).

emeda = ta-ri-tum (OB Nippur Aa 186:1).

emedaₓ(ME.UM) (ED Lu E 193).

emeda = [ta-ri]-tum (MSL 14, 87 A r iv 13'').

um-me-da = ta-ri-tum (K 04263+ o ii 8').

ummeda = ta-ri-tum (Ea 03 210).

emeda[nursemaid] diŋir[deity]

um-me-da diŋir (ED Lu E 72).

emeda[nursemaid] gal[big]

emeda gal (OB Nippur Lu 386).

emeda[nursemaid] ŋirtab[scorpion]

[um]-me-da ŋir₂-tab = ta-rit zu-qa-qi₂-pi (Ura 14 376).

[um]-me-da ŋir₂-tab = ta-ri-tu₂ zu-qa-qi₂-pi (LTBA 1, 40 r iii 4).

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