nu [BIRD] N (17x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian wr. nu₂^mušen; nu₂-a^mušen; ^ŋešnud^mušen; nu₁₁^mušen "a night bird"

[1]	𒈿𒄷	nu₂ ^mušen
[2]	𒈿𒀀𒄷	nu₂-a^mušen
[3]	𒄑𒈿𒄷	^ŋeš nud ^mušen
[4]	𒉢𒄷	nu₁₁ ^mušen

	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ur III	OB	Post-OB
[1]	3	1	1	2	4
[2]					3
[3]				2
[4]		1

8 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (3x/18%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (2x/12%)

Ur III (1x/6%)

Old Babylonian (4x/24%)

Neo-Assyrian (3x/18%)

Neo-Babylonian (4x/24%)

Senses:

1. a night bird (17x/100%)

Akk. ṣallalu.

Bibliography

[2004] N. Veldhuis, Nanše 283-284.

Lexical Associations

iṣṣūru[bird]N mūšu[night]N (// nu[bird])

nu₂-a⸢^mušen⸣ = iṣ-ṣur mu-ši (AfO 28, 111 r 4).

ṣallallu[(a night bird)]N (// nu[bird])

nu₂-a⸢^mušen⸣ = ṣal-lal-lum (AfO 28, 111 r 5; Ura 18 Seg.9, 31).

⸢nu₂⸣^mušen = ⸢ṣal⸣-[lal-lum] (MSL SS 1, p. 063 catalogue 1924-1368 o ii 3', o ii 5', o ii 7').

References for all phrases

nu[bird]

NA₂^mušen (AO 06034 o iv 1; ED Birds 40).

nu₁₁^mušen (ED Birds 29).

nu₂^mušen (CBS 4608 + r ii 16').

⸢nu₂^?⸣[^mušen] = [...] (MSL SS 1, p. 063 catalogue 1924-1368 o ii 1').

^ŋešnu₂^mušen (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 d ii 14; CM 22, pl. 35-36 r iii 48).