tunbar [MOUSTACHE] N (17x) Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian wr. tun₃-bar; tunₓ(KA×SA)-bar; ^uzutun₃-bar "moustache; fringe"

[1]	𒂅𒁇	tun₃-bar
[2]	𒅾𒅾𒁇	tunₓ(KA×SA)-bar
[3]	𒍜𒂅𒁇	^uzutun₃-bar

	OB	Post-OB
[1]	7	8
[2]	1	1
[3]

4 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Old Babylonian (8x/47%)

Middle Assyrian (1x/6%)

Neo-Assyrian (4x/24%)

Neo-Babylonian (4x/24%)

Senses:

1. moustache (14x/82%)

2. fringe (3x/18%)

Bibliography

[1996] A. George, NABU 1996/60

[2009] E. Couto Ferreira, Etnoanatomía 166

Lexical Associations

sapsapu[moustache]N (// tunbar[moustache])

tunₓ(KA×SA)-bar = sap-sa-[pu] (MSL 03, 094 ST r ii 19).

šapru[thigh]N (// tunbar[moustache])

tun₃-bar-ŋu₁₀ = ša-ap-ra-a-a (CUSAS 12, 4.2 o 20).

šaptu[lip]N šaplītu[lower part]N (// tunbar[moustache])

tun₃-bar = šap-tu šap-li-tu₂ (K 00064 o i 12').

sapsapu[moustache]N (// uzu[flesh] tunbar[moustache])

uzu tun₃-bar = sap-⸢sap⸣-[pu] (PBS 12, 07 r i 19; Ura 15 Seg.1, 19).

[uzu tun₃]-bar = ⸢sap⸣-sa-[pu] (BM 036396 8'; LTBA 1, 50 o i 8').

References for all phrases

tunbar[moustache]

tunₓ(KA×SA)-bar = sap-sa-[pu] (MSL 03, 094 ST r ii 19).

tun₃-bar-ŋu₁₀ = ša-ap-ra-a-a (CUSAS 12, 4.2 o 20).

tun₃-bar = šap-tu šap-li-tu₂ (K 00064 o i 12').

buniŋ[trough] tunbar[moustache]

^ŋešbuniŋ tun₃-bar (Education in the Earliest Schools no. 019 r iv 15).

burzi[bowl] tunbar[moustache]

^dugbur-zi tun₃-bar (CUSAS 12, 3.2.01 r ii 35; CUNES 49-08-024 o 3, r 3).

dilim[spoon] tunbar[moustache]

^ŋešdilim₂ tun₃-bar (Education in the Earliest Schools no. 019 r iv 11).

uzu[flesh] tunbar[moustache]

uzu ⸢tun₃^?⸣-bar = [...] (AOAT 275, 387, BM 054203 r 13).

uzu tun₃-bar = ša₂-x-[...] (Ura 15 Seg.3, 5; MSL 09, 005 S17 o? 5).