tam [CLEAN] V/i (48x) Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic wr. tam; tam-tam; etam; tan₂; danₓ(ḪI); tam^ta-^am "(to be) bright; (to be) pure; to purify; (to be) clean; clean"

[1]	𒌓	tam
[2]	𒌓𒌓	tam-tam
[3]	𒃫	etam
[4]	𒃞	tan₂
[5]	𒄭	danₓ(ḪI)
[6]	𒌓𒋫𒄠	tam^ta-^am
+	--ma=m.a (12x/25%); --me=m.e (6x/13%); --na=n.a (0x/0%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]							2	25	4
[2]								11
[3]									2
[4]								1	1
[5]									1
[6]									1

14 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Ur III (2x/4%)

Old Babylonian (37x/77%)

Middle Babylonian (2x/4%)

Neo-Assyrian (2x/4%)

Neo-Babylonian (4x/8%)

Hellenistic (1x/2%)

Verbal prefixes: ba.i ; u.Vmma.e.da.i .

Senses:

1. (to be) bright (9x/19%)

2. (to be) pure (1x/2%)

3. to purify [V/t]

4. (to be) clean (1x/2%)

5. clean (37x/77%)

Akk. ebbu; elēlu; zakû.

tam

(OB Nippur Ea 152).

tam-tam

= ellum (OB Nippur Diri 40).

Lexical Associations

ebbu[bright]AJ (// tam[clean])

tam-tam = eb-bu-um (OB Nippur Diri 41).

tatam = eb-bu-um (MSL 15, 008 A o i 24').

ebēbu[be(come) bright]V (// tam[clean])

tam-ma = ub-⸢bu⸣-[bu] (KBo 01, 37 i' 5'; KBo 26, 025 + KBo 01, 35 r ii 11').

ellu[pure]AJ (// tam[clean])

tam-tam = el-lum (OB Nippur Diri 40).

tatam = el-lum (MSL 15, 008 A o i 23').

nawru[bright]AJ (// tam[clean])

tam-tam = na-am-ru-um (OB Nippur Diri 42).

tatam = na-am-ru-um (MSL 15, 008 A o i 25').

qašdu[pure]AJ (// tam[clean])

tam^ta-^am-ma = qa₂-aš-du (TCL 06, 35 o iii 19).

ṭābu[good]AJ (// tam[clean])

danₓ(ḪI) = MIN<(ṭa-a-bu)> (CUSAS 12, 1.1.1 o 32').

bītu[house]N ebbu[bright]AJ (// e[house] tam[clean])

etam etam = E₂ eb-⸢bu⸣ (AJSL 33, 170-171 r ii 12; Ea 04 261).

ebbu[bright one]N (// lu[person] šag[heart] tam[clean])

[lu₂ šag₄ tam] = eb-bu-⸢um⸣ (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.2, 141).

palāhu[fear]V (// šu[hand] tam[clean])

šu tam-ma = ⸢pu⸣-ul-lu-ḫu-um (YBC 13524 d 213).

References for all phrases

tam[clean]

tam (MSL 14, 023 Fp o i 2; OB Nippur Ea 152; MSL 14, 29 Lb a iii 30; PBS 12, 55 o iii' 10'; PBS 05, 114 o ii' 8'; PBS 12, 56 r iii' 5'; MSL 14, 023 Fn + 026 Ig r ii' 4'; MSL 14, 029 La iii' 8'; MSL 14, 018 Bb o iv 28).

tam-ma (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 229, Tab.I, 230).

tan₂ = [...] (MSL 03, 094 ST r ii 8').

tam-tam = eb-bu-um (OB Nippur Diri 41).

tatam = eb-bu-um (MSL 15, 008 A o i 24').

tam-ma = ub-⸢bu⸣-[bu] (KBo 01, 37 i' 5'; KBo 26, 025 + KBo 01, 35 r ii 11').

tam-tam = el-lum (OB Nippur Diri 40).

tatam = el-lum (MSL 15, 008 A o i 23').

tam-tam = na-am-ru-um (OB Nippur Diri 42).

tatam = na-am-ru-um (MSL 15, 008 A o i 25').

tam^ta-^am-ma = qa₂-aš-du (TCL 06, 35 o iii 19).

danₓ(ḪI) = MIN<(ṭa-a-bu)> (CUSAS 12, 1.1.1 o 32').

tam[clean] ŋar[place]

tam-ma ŋar-ra (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 231).

e[house] tam[clean]

etam etam = E₂ eb-⸢bu⸣ (AJSL 33, 170-171 r ii 12; Ea 04 261).

lu[person] šag[heart] tam[clean]

[lu₂ šag₄ tam] = eb-bu-⸢um⸣ (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.2, 141).

šu[hand] tam[clean]

šu tam-ma = ⸢pu⸣-ul-lu-ḫu-um (YBC 13524 d 213).

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