namtil [LIFE] N (771x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Uncertain, unknown wr. nam-til₃; nam-ti-la; nam-ti-il; nam-til; nam₂-ti₂-la₂ "life"

[1]	𒉆𒋾	nam-til₃
[2]	𒉆𒋾𒆷	nam-ti-la
[3]	𒉆𒋾𒅋	nam-ti-il
[4]	𒉆𒌀	nam-til
[5]	𒉇𒎗𒇲	nam₂-ti₂-la₂
+	--la=l.a (354x/46%).

	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]	1	78	25	116	96	379	35	8
[2]		1	2			4	9	3
[3]				1	6	1
[4]						3	2	1
[5]

47 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (1x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (79x/10%)

Old Akkadian (27x/4%)

Lagash II (117x/15%)

Ur III (102x/13%)

Old Babylonian (387x/50%)

Middle Babylonian (20x/3%)

Neo-Assyrian (19x/2%)

Neo-Babylonian (7x/1%)

Uncertain (1x/0%)

unknown (11x/1%)

Senses:

1. life (771x/100%)

Bibliography

[2006] M. Jaques, Vocabulaire des sentiments 260 n536.

Lexical Associations

šammu[plant(s)]N balāṭu[life]N (// u[grass] namtil[life])

u₂ nam-ti-la = šam-me ba-la-ṭi er-ru-u (LTBA 1, 86 o iii 16').

u₂ nam-til = MIN<(šam-mu)> ba-la-ṭi (Ura 17 Seg.3, 53; MSL SS 1, 008 r i' 16').

u₂ nam-til₃-la = MIN<(šam-mu)> ba-[la-ṭi] (Ura 17 Seg.3, 52; MSL SS 1, 008 r i' 15').

gimillu[favour]N balāṭu[life]N (// šu[hand] namtil[life])

[šu nam]-⸢ti-la⸣ = gi-mil-li ba-la-ṭu (Iraq 06, 06 o i' 9').

[šu nam]-⸢til₃-la⸣ = gi-mil ⸢ba-la₂⸣-ṭi (Iraq 06, 01 + 11 o i 19).

šu ⸢nam⸣-til₃-la = gi-mil ba-la-⸢ṭu⸣ (MSL SS 1, p. 059 catalogue 1924-1479 o ii' 8').

gimillu[requital]N balāṭu[life]N (// šu[hand] namtil[life])

šu nam-til₃-la = gi-mil-la ba-la-ṭi₃ (MB Ura 01 Seg.1, 17).

⸢šu⸣ nam-til₃-⸢la⸣ = ⸢gi^?-mil-lu⸣ ba-⸢la₂^?-ṭi^?⸣ (MSL SS 1, p. 059 catalogue 1924-1514 o ii 7'; 2R 39, 04, K 04315 o i 14').

gimillu[requital]N x (// šu[hand] namtil[life])

⸢šu nam-til₃-la⸣ = gi-⸢mil^?⸣-[lu ...] (MSL SS 1, p. 059 catalogue 1924-1514 o iii 6').

References for all phrases

namtil[life] utud[bear]

nam-til-la u₃-tud (IM 070209 o iii 16).

Ekur[1] namtil[life]

e₂-kur nam-ti-⸢la⸣ (KBo 26, 040 r? i' 21').

e[house] namtil[life]

e₂ nam-ti-⸢la⸣ (KBo 26, 040 r? i' 22').

u[grass] namtil[life]

[u₂] ⸢nam⸣-ti-⸢la⸣ (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 c i 6; Emar 6/1, p. 120, Msk 731040a 1').

u₂ nam-[til^?] = [...] (MSL SS 1, 072 r i' 12').

u₂ nam-til₃-la (AlT 447 r iii 44).

⸢u₂⸣ nam-til₃-⸢la⸣ = [...] (MSL SS 1, 072 r i' 11').