uluh [SAPLING] N (33x) Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic wr. u₃-luḫ; ^ŋešu₃-luḫ; u₂-luḫ; ^u₂-^lu-^ḫu  ^ŋešu₃-luḫ; ^ŋešu₂-luḫ; ^ŋešu₃-luḫ-ḫa "sapling; offshoot; scepter"

[1]	𒅇𒈛	u₃-luḫ
[2]	𒄑𒅇𒈛	^ŋešu₃-luḫ
[3]	𒌑𒈛	u₂-luḫ
[4]	𒌑𒇻𒄷𒄑𒅇𒈛	^u₂-^lu-^ḫu  ^ŋešu₃-luḫ
[5]	𒄑𒌑𒈛	^ŋešu₂-luḫ
[6]	𒄑𒅇𒈛𒄩	^ŋešu₃-luḫ-ḫa
+	--ha=h.a (8x/24%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]							1	13	1
[2]							3	10	1
[3]								1
[4]									1
[5]									1
[6]								1

9 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Ur III (4x/12%)

Old Babylonian (25x/76%)

Middle Babylonian (1x/3%)

Neo-Assyrian (1x/3%)

Neo-Babylonian (1x/3%)

Hellenistic (1x/3%)

Senses:

1. sapling (18x/55%)

2. offshoot

3. scepter (15x/45%)

Akk. uluhhu.

Bibliography

[2000] G. Marchesi, St Cagni 677-679.

{ŋeš}u₃-luh

= perhum (OB Nippur Diri 220).

Lexical Associations

haṭṭu[stick]N (// uluh[sapling])

^ŋešu₃-luḫ = ḫa-aṭ-ṭu₃ (OB Nippur Diri 220b).

perʾu[bud]N (// uluh[sapling])

^ŋešu₃-luḫ = pe-er-ḫu-um (OB Nippur Diri 220; MSL 15, 008 A r ii 17).

tarmīku[(a tree seedling)]N (// uluh[sapling])

^ŋešu₃-luḫ = ta-ar-mi-⸢ku⸣ (OB Nippur Diri 220a).

uluhhu[sceptre]N (// uluh[sapling])

^ŋešu₃-luḫ = u₂-[luḫ]-ḫu ḫaṭ-ṭu (RA 17, 133, K 04161+ o i 32).

References for all phrases

uluh[sapling]

^ŋešu₂-⸢luḫ⸣ (Syria 12, pl. 46-47, 03 + pl. 47, 04 o iv 25').

^ŋešu₃-luḫ (OB Nippur Ura 1 139).

^ŋešu₃-luḫ-ḫa (CUSAS 12, 3.1.1 b iv 32).

^ŋešu₃-luḫ = ḫa-aṭ-ṭu₃ (OB Nippur Diri 220b).

^ŋešu₃-luḫ = pe-er-ḫu-um (OB Nippur Diri 220; MSL 15, 008 A r ii 17).

^ŋešu₃-luḫ = ta-ar-mi-⸢ku⸣ (OB Nippur Diri 220a).

^ŋešu₃-luḫ = u₂-[luḫ]-ḫu ḫaṭ-ṭu (RA 17, 133, K 04161+ o i 32).

uluh[sapling] kiri[orchard]

^ŋešu₃-⸢luḫ⸣ [^ŋeš]⸢kiri₆⸣ (IB 1547 iii 20).

uluh[sapling] ŋešnimbar[palm]

^ŋešu₃-luḫ ŋešnimbar (UET 6, 0831 o 3; CUNES 50-06-020 o 4; OB Nippur Ura 1 96).

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