temen [FOUNDATION] N (124x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic wr. temen; te-me-en; te-me "foundation; perimeter"

[1]	𒋼	temen
[2]	𒋼𒈨𒂗	te-me-en
[3]	𒋼𒈨	te-me
+	--na=n.a (11x/9%).

	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB
[1]		6	2	10	33	56	5
[2]						3	6
[3]	1					2

15 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (1x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (6x/5%)

Old Akkadian (2x/2%)

Lagash II (10x/8%)

Ur III (33x/27%)

Old Babylonian (61x/49%)

Neo-Assyrian (5x/4%)

Neo-Babylonian (2x/2%)

Hellenistic (4x/3%)

Senses:

1. foundation (124x/100%)

2. perimeter

Akk. temennu.

Bibliography

[2012] H. Brunke, Studies Attinger 40.

temen

(OB Nippur Ea 388; CT 11, pl. 28, K 08276 o i 15'; Ea 08 76; Karpeles 01 o iii 23).

= temennu (CT 11, pl. 22, K 06016 r ii' 13').

= temennu (K 04263+ r ii 7').

Lexical Associations

temmēnu[foundation]N (// temen[foundation])

temen = te-me-en-nu (K 04263+ r ii 7'; CT 11, pl. 22, K 06016 r ii' 13'; Ea 08 76).

References for all phrases

temen[foundation]

temen (OB Nippur Ea 388; MSL 02, pl. 05-06 r ii' 12'; MSL 14, 025 Ho o i 7').

temen = te-me^!-nu^?-<<x>>-u₂ (Karpeles 01 o iii 23).

temen = [...] (CT 11, pl. 28, K 08276 o i 15').