amu
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Variant: ḫāmu
Meanings:
raft
de:German: Deutsch Floß
fr:French: Français radeau
ar:Arabic: العربية طَوْف
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), NBNB: Neo Babylonian (ca. 1000–626 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivepattern: PaSFrom roots i--gem. with /r/ as second or third consonant; concrete nouns designating the quality expressed by the adjective
2Attestations
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) giša-ma-a-temeš urakkasa ša erēni šurmēni [u …] Gilg. Assyrian MS y₂ ii 20 eBL “I shall rope together rafts of cedar, cypress [and …]”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) irtaksū a-mu Gilg. SB V 321 (= George 2003 V 300) eBL “they bound together a raft”. new