ŋeškur [TREE] N (11x) Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Hellenistic wr. ŋeš-kur; ŋeš-ku-ra; ŋeš-kur-ra; ^ŋeškur^sar "a tree"

[1]	𒄑𒆳	ŋeš-kur
[2]	𒄑𒆪𒊏	ŋeš-ku-ra
[3]	𒄑𒆳𒊏	ŋeš-kur-ra
[4]	𒄑𒆳𒊬	^ŋeš kur ^sar

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

4 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Lagash II (1x/9%)

Ur III (1x/9%)

Old Babylonian (5x/45%)

Middle Babylonian (2x/18%)

Hellenistic (2x/18%)

Senses:

1. a tree (11x/100%)

Akk. giškurrû.

Bibliography

[1987] M. Powell, BSA 3 148.

Lexical Associations

giškurrû[(a mountain tree)]N (// ŋeškur[tree])

[ŋeš-kur-ra] = ŠU<(giškurrû)>^u u₂-šu-u (SpTU 2, 053 o i 66').

iṣu[tree]N šadû[mountain(s)]N (// ŋeškur[tree])

[ŋeš-kur-ra] = iṣ-ṣi ša₂-di-i MIN<(u₂-šu-u)> (SpTU 2, 053 o i 67').

References for all phrases

ŋeškur[tree]

ŋeš-ku-ra (RSO 5/1, p. 281 fig. 34c o ii 16; Syria 12, pl. 46-47, 03 + pl. 47, 04 o i 24').

ŋeš-kur (UET 6, 0677 + 0678 + UET 7, 087 + 091 r iii 05'; Education in the Earliest Schools no. 019 r i 42; OB Nippur Ura 1 664; CUNES 50-02-038 o 2; CUSAS 12, 3.1.1 c iv 57).

[ŋeš-kur-ra] = ŠU<(giškurrû)>^u u₂-šu-u (SpTU 2, 053 o i 66').

[ŋeš-kur-ra] = iṣ-ṣi ša₂-di-i MIN<(u₂-šu-u)> (SpTU 2, 053 o i 67').

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