nun [PRINCE] N (874x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Ebla, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, Uncertain, unknown wr. nun; nu; nu-un; nun-nun; nu-na "prince; foremost, best"

[1]	𒉣	nun
[2]	𒉡	nu
[3]	𒉡𒌦	nu-un
[4]	𒉣𒉣	nun-nun
[5]	𒉡𒈾	nu-na
+	--na=n.a (168x/19%); --ne₂=n.e (11x/1%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		5	37	3	6	10	103	617	72	9
[2]								7
[3]								2
[4]								2
[5]								1

50 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (5x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (37x/4%)

Ebla (3x/0%)

Old Akkadian (6x/1%)

Lagash II (10x/1%)

Ur III (103x/12%)

Old Babylonian (629x/72%)

Middle Assyrian (4x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (4x/0%)

Neo-Assyrian (30x/3%)

Neo-Babylonian (16x/2%)

Hellenistic (18x/2%)

Uncertain (1x/0%)

unknown (8x/1%)

Senses:

1. prince (844x/97%)

2. foremost, best [AJ] (30x/3%)

Akk. rubû.

Bibliography

[2006] G. Marchesi, Lumma 118 wn602.

nun

(Ebla Sign List 32).

= x (K 04263+ o ii 2''; Ea 05 134; OB Nippur Ea 391; CT 11, pl. 22, K 06016 o ii 5'; RA 17 193 (MSL 14, 524) 5; BM 047625 o 6).

= ru-bu-um (UET 6, 0379 4).

nuŋₓ(NUN)

(OB Nippur Ea 394a).

Lexical Associations

ašarēdu[pre-eminent one]N (// nun[prince])

nun = a-ša₂-re-du (CT 51, pl. 58-60, BM 122629+ r? ii 27').

meṭlūtu[manhood]N (// nun[prince])

nun = me-eṭ-lu-ti (CT 51, pl. 58-60, BM 122629+ r? ii 26').

rabû[big one]N (// nun[prince])

nun = ra-⸢bu⸣-[u₂^?] (MSL 09, 124-137 r ii 2').

rubû[prince]N (// nun[prince])

nun = [ru-bu-u₂] (Ea 05 134; MSL 09, 124-137 r ii 3'; CT 51, pl. 58-60, BM 122629+ r? ii 25'; RA 17 193 (MSL 14, 524) 5).

šarru[king]N (// nun[prince])

nun = šar-rum (MSL 09, 124-137 r ii 4').

damdāmu[(a kind of mule)]N (// anše[equid] nun[prince])

anše nun-na = da-am-da-am-mu (Ura 13 Seg.2, 7; CT 14, pl. 11, BM 093080 r ii' 7'; Iraq 06, 175-176, 76 r iii 7').

bītu[house]N ŠU-ni (// e[house] URUDA nun[prince])

e₂ ⸢URUDA nun⸣-na = ⸢E₂ ŠU⸣-ni (CUSAS 12, 2.1.3 o ii 11).

habību[murmurer]N (// gu[voice] nun[prince] di[speak])

gu₃ nun di = ḫa-bi-bu (K 02021A+ r ii 32').

References for all phrases

GIR₃ nun[prince]

⸢GIR₃^?⸣ nun (OB Nippur Lu 813a).

IŠ nun[prince]

IŠ; nun (ED Word List F 39).

nun[prince]

nun (Ebla Sign List 32; OB Nippur Ea 391; CUNES 52-10-146 b i 5'; MSL 14, 025 Hq o 2'; OB Nippur Lu 309; MSL 14, 018 Bb r iii 33).

nun = ⸢ru⸣-bu-um (UET 6, 0379 4).

nun = ru-bu-u₂ (Studio Historiae Ardens, 289-291 a ii 10).

nun = [...] (K 04263+ o ii 2''; CT 11, pl. 22, K 06016 o ii 5'; CT 12, pl. 30, BM 038178 o ii' 5').

nun = ⸢x⸣-[...] (BM 047625 o 6).

nun = ṣi-rum (Studio Historiae Ardens, 289-291 a ii 8).

nuŋₓ(NUN) (OB Nippur Ea 394a; MSL 02, pl. 05-06 r ii' 18').

nun = a-ša₂-re-du (CT 51, pl. 58-60, BM 122629+ r? ii 27').

nun = me-eṭ-lu-ti (CT 51, pl. 58-60, BM 122629+ r? ii 26').

nun = ra-⸢bu⸣-[u₂^?] (MSL 09, 124-137 r ii 2').

nun = [ru-bu-u₂] (Ea 05 134; MSL 09, 124-137 r ii 3'; CT 51, pl. 58-60, BM 122629+ r? ii 25'; RA 17 193 (MSL 14, 524) 5).

nun = šar-rum (MSL 09, 124-137 r ii 4').

nun[prince] Kiritaba[1]

nun kiri₈-tab (ED Word List F 63).

nun[prince] didila[smaller]

nun di₄-di₄-la₂ (CUNES 48-09-189 o 3).

nun[prince] gal[big]

nun ⸢gal^?⸣ (CUNES 52-10-146 b i 7').

nun[prince] kalam[land]

nun ⸢kalam⸣-ma (CUNES 52-10-146 b i 9').

nun[prince] kur[mountain]

nun kur-kur-ra (CUNES 52-10-146 b i 10').

nun[prince] tur[small]

nun ⸢tur⸣ (CUNES 52-10-146 b i 8').

nun[prince] x

nun [x] (CUNES 52-10-146 b i 6').

nun[prince] ŠID

nun ŠID (ED Word List F 62).

a[water] sikil[pure] nun[prince]

a sikil nun-na (OB Nippur Kagal 336).

abula[gate] dumu[child] nun[prince]

abul dumu nun-na (OB Nippur Kagal 19).

amaš[sheepfold] nun[prince]

amaš nun (ED Word List F 28).

anše[equid] nun[prince]

anše nun-na (UM 29-16-338 r 4; SLT 256 o 10'; OB Nippur Ura 3 247; CUNES 52-10-145 a iv 4').

anše nun-na = da-am-da-am-mu (Ura 13 Seg.2, 7; CT 14, pl. 11, BM 093080 r ii' 7'; Iraq 06, 175-176, 76 r iii 7').

dumu[child] nun[prince]

dumu nun (CUNES 52-10-153 b i 4').

e[house] URUDA nun[prince]

e₂ ⸢URUDA nun⸣-na = ⸢E₂ ŠU⸣-ni (CUSAS 12, 2.1.3 o ii 11).

e[house] nun[prince]

e₂ nun (CUSAS 12, 2.1.1 r i 33').

e₂.EŠ₂.ak[prison] nun[prince]

⸢e₂⸣-EŠ₂ nun-na (KBo 26, 040 r? i' 5').

gu[voice] nun[prince] di[speak]

gu₃ nun di = ḫa-bi-bu (K 02021A+ r ii 32').

kiri[nose] nun[prince] di[speak]

[kiriₓ(KA×IM)] nun di = na-aš-ši-šu (MSLSSI, 17-27 ii 38).

ma[ship] kar[harbor] nun[prince] e[leave]

^ŋešma₂ kar nun-ta e₃ (CULC 454 r ii 11).

ma[ship] x nun[prince]

^ŋeš⸢ma₂ x nun-na⸣ = [...] (MSL SS 1, 019 r i 29').

tu[soup] kum[hot] nun[prince]

⸢tu₇⸣ kum₂ nun (NABU 2017/40 r ii 5').

ud[sun] e[house] men[tiara] nun[prince] e[leave]

ud e₂ men nun-ta e₃ (ED Officials 29).

ušuš[land] nun[prince]

šušₓ(ŠE.NAM₂) nun (ED Word List F 78).

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