nushu [CONTAINER] N (20x) Ur III, Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian wr. nu-us-ḫu; nu-us-ḫu-um; ^ŋešnu-su₂-ḫu-um; nu-su₂-ḫu-um; nu-su₂-ḫum; ^ginu-su-ḫu-um; ^ginu-us-ḫum^um; ^kušnu-us-ḫu; ^ŋešnu-us-ḫu-um; ^ŋešnu-us-ḫum; ^ginu-us-ḫum "a container"

[1]	𒉡𒊻𒄷	nu-us-ḫu
[2]	𒉡𒊻𒄷𒌝	nu-us-ḫu-um
[3]	𒄑𒉡𒍪𒄷𒌝	^ŋešnu-su₂-ḫu-um
[4]	𒉡𒍪𒄷𒌝	nu-su₂-ḫu-um
[5]	𒉡𒍪𒈝	nu-su₂-ḫum
[6]	𒄀𒉡𒋢𒄷𒌝	^ginu-su-ḫu-um
[7]	𒄀𒉡𒊻𒈝𒌝	^ginu-us-ḫum^um
[8]	𒋢𒉡𒊻𒄷	^kušnu-us-ḫu
[9]	𒄑𒉡𒊻𒄷𒌝	^ŋešnu-us-ḫu-um
[10]	𒄑𒉡𒊻𒈝	^ŋešnu-us-ḫum
[11]	𒄀𒉡𒊻𒈝	^ginu-us-ḫum
+	--ma=m.a (1x/5%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]							1	2	2
[2]								3
[3]							3
[4]							2
[5]							2
[6]							1
[7]							1
[8]							1
[9]							1
[10]							1
[11]

14 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Ur III (13x/65%)

Old Babylonian (5x/25%)

Neo-Assyrian (1x/5%)

Neo-Babylonian (1x/5%)

Senses:

1. a container (20x/100%)

Akk. nushu.

Bibliography

[2008] G. Kalla, Cultus Deorum (Zoltán Csabai ed.) 196

[2011] J. Bauer, OLZ 106 386

Lexical Associations

nushu[container]N (// bisaŋ[basket] nushu[container])

^gibisaŋ nu-us-ḫu = ŠU<(nu-us-ḫu)> (RA 17, 174, K 15368+ o i 11').

⸢^gi⸣pisaŋ nu-us-ḫu = ŠU<(nusḫu)> (Iraq 06, 69 o i 14').

References for all phrases

bisaŋ[basket] nushu[container]

^gibisaŋ nu-us-⸢ḫu⸣-[um] (CUSAS 12, 3.2.01 o iv 6).

^gipisaŋ nu-us-ḫu (OB Nippur Ura 2 53).

^gibisaŋ nu-us-ḫu = ŠU<(nu-us-ḫu)> (RA 17, 174, K 15368+ o i 11').

⸢^gi⸣pisaŋ nu-us-ḫu = ŠU<(nusḫu)> (Iraq 06, 69 o i 14').

bisaŋ[basket] nushu[container] x

^gibisaŋ nu-us-ḫu-um ⸢x⸣ (CUSAS 12, 3.2.01 o iv 7).

Word ID: o0036583; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0036583; version 2.7.2 (built 2024-08-31)