niŋurlimmu [CREATURE] N (48x) Ur III, Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, unknown wr. niŋ₂-ur₂-limmu₂; niŋ₂-ur₂-limmu₂-ba; niŋ₂-ur₂-limmu; niŋ₂-ur₂-lim₂-ma; ^ŋešniŋ₂-ur₂-limmu₂; niŋ-ur₂-limmu₄; niŋ₂-ur-limmu₂ "four legged creature; stand"

[1]	𒃻𒌫𒇹	niŋ₂-ur₂-limmu₂
[2]	𒃻𒌫𒇹𒁀	niŋ₂-ur₂-limmu₂-ba
[3]	𒃻𒌫𒐼	niŋ₂-ur₂-limmu
[4]	𒃻𒌫𒇹𒈠	niŋ₂-ur₂-lim₂-ma
[5]	𒄑𒃻𒌫𒇹	^ŋešniŋ₂-ur₂-limmu₂
[6]	𒊩𒌨𒌫𒐽	niŋ-ur₂-limmu₄
[7]	𒃻𒌨𒇹	niŋ₂-ur-limmu₂

	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]	1	25	4
[2]			12	3
[3]		1
[4]			1
[5]		1
[6]
[7]

7 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Ur III (1x/2%)

Old Babylonian (27x/56%)

Neo-Assyrian (11x/23%)

Neo-Babylonian (6x/13%)

unknown (3x/6%)

Senses:

1. four legged creature (47x/98%)

2. stand (1x/2%)

Akk. būlu.

Lexical Associations

būlu[animals]N (// niŋurlimmu[creature])

niŋ₂-ur₂-limmu₂-ba = MIN<(bu-u₂-lu)> (Ura 14 396; LTBA 1, 37 o 11'; LTBA 1, 40 r iii 24).

[niŋ₂]-ur₂-limmu₂-ba = MIN<(bu-u₂-lum)> (ZA 008, 206-207 o 9).

būlu[animals]N Šakkan[1]DN (// niŋurlimmu[creature])

niŋ₂-ur₂-limmu₂-ba = bu-ul ^dGIR₃ (Ura 14 397).

niŋ₂-⸢ur₂⸣-limmu₂-⸢ba⸣ = ⸢bu-lim⸣ ^dGIR₃ (LTBA 1, 40 r iii 25).

niŋ₂-ur₂-limmu₂-ba = MIN<(bu-u₂-lu)> ^dGIR₃ (LTBA 1, 37 o 12').

[niŋ₂-ur₂]-⸢limmu₂⸣-ba = MIN<(bu-u₂-lum)> ^dGIR₃ (ZA 008, 206-207 o 10).

[niŋ₂]-ur₂-lim₂-ma = MIN<(bu-lum)> šak-kan (CT 19, pl. 21, K 04393+ o i 17').

nammaštû[moving things]N (// niŋurlimmu[creature])

MIN<(niŋ₂-ur₂-limmu₂-ba)> = ⸢nam-maš-ti⸣ (LTBA 1, 40 r iii 26a).

nammaššû[moving thing, animals]N (// niŋurlimmu[creature])

niŋ₂-ur₂-limmu₂-ba = nam-maš-šu-u₂ (Ura 14 398; LTBA 1, 37 o 13'; ZA 008, 206-207 o 11).

nammaštû[moving things]N Šakkan[1]DN (// niŋurlimmu[creature] eden[plain])

MIN<(niŋ₂-ur₂-limmu₂-ba)> MIN<(eden-na)> = MIN<(nam-maš-ti)> ^dGIR₃ (LTBA 1, 40 r iii 27).

nammaštû[moving things]N ṣēru[back]N (// niŋurlimmu[creature] eden[plain])

MIN<(niŋ₂-ur₂-limmu₂-ba)> eden-na = MIN<(nam-maš-ti)> ṣe-ri (LTBA 1, 40 r iii 26b).

nammaššû[moving thing, animals]N Šakkan[1]DN (// niŋurlimmu[creature] eden[plain])

niŋ₂-ur₂-limmu₂ eden-na = MIN<(nam-maš-šu-u₂)> ^dGIR₃ (Ura 14 400; LTBA 1, 37 o 15').

[niŋ₂-ur₂]-limmu₂-ba ⸢eden-na⸣ = ⸢na⸣-maš-[šu-u₂ ^dGIR₃] (LTBA 1, 49 r ii' 1').

nammaššû[moving thing, animals]N ṣēru[back]N (// niŋurlimmu[creature] eden[plain])

niŋ₂-ur₂-limmu₂ eden-na = MIN<(nam-maš-šu-u₂)> ṣe-e-ri (Ura 14 399; LTBA 1, 37 o 14').

References for all phrases

niŋurlimmu[creature]

^ŋeš⸢niŋ₂⸣-ur₂-limmu₂ (CUSAS 12, 3.1.13 o iii 3').