mu [INCANTATION] N (47x) Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian wr. mu₇-mu₇; mu₁₃-mu₁₃; KA-mu₇-a; mu; mu₁₃; mu₇-mu₇^mu-^mu; mu₇^mu-mu₇^mu; mu-mu; muₓ(KA×GAN₂^t)-muₓ(KA×GAN₂^t); mu₇ "incantation, spell"

[1]	𒅲𒅲	mu₇-mu₇
[2]	𒆀𒆀	mu₁₃-mu₁₃
[3]	𒅗𒅲𒀀	KA-mu₇-a
[4]	𒈬	mu
[5]	𒆀	mu₁₃
[6]	𒅲𒅲𒈬𒈬	mu₇-mu₇^mu-^mu
[7]	𒅲𒈬𒅲𒈬	mu₇^mu-mu₇^mu
[8]	𒈬𒈬	mu-mu
[9]	𒅤𒅤𒃸𒅤𒅤𒃸	muₓ(KA×GAN₂^t)-muₓ(KA×GAN₂^t)
[10]	𒅲	mu₇

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]							1	21	6
[2]							6
[3]								3
[4]					1		1
[5]								2
[6]									2
[7]									2
[8]					1
[9]							1
[10]

17 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Old Akkadian (2x/4%)

Ur III (9x/19%)

Old Babylonian (26x/55%)

Neo-Assyrian (7x/15%)

Neo-Babylonian (3x/6%)

Senses:

1. incantation, spell (47x/100%)

Akk. šiptu.

munₓ(|KA×LI|)

= wāšipum (Karpeles 01 r iii 15', r iii 16').

Lexical Associations

wāšipu[exorcist]N (// mu[incantation])

munₓ(KA×LI) = wa-ši-pu-um (Karpeles 01 r iii 15').

šiptu[incantation]N (// mu[incantation])

mumun = ši-ip-tum (MSL 15, 008 A o i 14').

munₓ(KA×LI) = ši-ip-tum (Karpeles 01 r iii 16').

mu₇-mu₇ = ši-ip-tum (OB Nippur Diri 31; OECT 04, 152 a i 30).

immeru[sheep]N ikribu[prayer]N (// udu[sheep] mu[incantation])

udu ⸢mu₇^mu-mu₇⸣^mu = MIN<(immer)> ik-ri-bi (MSL 08/1, 005 E o ii' 10').

udu mu₇^mu-mu₇^mu = MIN<(UDU)> ik-ri-bi (Ura 13 Seg.1, 154).

immeru[sheep]N āšipu[exorcist]N (// udu[sheep] niŋ[thing] mu[incantation])

udu ⸢niŋ₂⸣ⁿⁱ-^qi mu₇-mu₇.MIN<(^mu-^mu)> = MIN<(immer)> a-⸢ši⸣-pi₂ (MSL 08/1, 005 E o ii' 11').

udu niŋ₂ⁿⁱ-^qi mu₇-mu₇.MIN<(^mu-^mu)> = MIN<(UDU)> a-ši-pi₂ (Ura 13 Seg.1, 155).

References for all phrases

mu[incantation]

munₓ(KA×LI) = wa-ši-pu-um (Karpeles 01 r iii 15').

mumun = ši-ip-tum (MSL 15, 008 A o i 14').

munₓ(KA×LI) = ši-ip-tum (Karpeles 01 r iii 16').

mu₇-mu₇ = ši-ip-tum (OB Nippur Diri 31; OECT 04, 152 a i 30).

udu[sheep] mu[incantation]

udu ⸢mu₇^mu-mu₇⸣^mu = MIN<(immer)> ik-ri-bi (MSL 08/1, 005 E o ii' 10').

udu mu₇^mu-mu₇^mu = MIN<(UDU)> ik-ri-bi (Ura 13 Seg.1, 154).

udu[sheep] niŋ[thing] mu[incantation]

udu ⸢niŋ₂⸣ⁿⁱ-^qi mu₇-mu₇.MIN<(^mu-^mu)> = MIN<(immer)> a-⸢ši⸣-pi₂ (MSL 08/1, 005 E o ii' 11').

udu niŋ₂ⁿⁱ-^qi mu₇-mu₇.MIN<(^mu-^mu)> = MIN<(UDU)> a-ši-pi₂ (Ura 13 Seg.1, 155).

Word ID: o0034314; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0034314; version 2.7.2 (built 2024-08-31)