būnu II
1 Lexical
Commentaries
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) téš.bi : bal-tum : bal-tum : bu-nu Fs. Leichty, 165: 12 CCP “TÉŠ.BI (means) 'dignity', 'dignity' means 'good looks'”. Commentary to Alu XXII-XXIII. new
11. Appearance
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) kī šubi[lte … ša] ⸢Ištar?⸣ ša simāni bu-ni KAL 9, 33 iii 12 eBL “like an ear (of the plant) ‘[… of] ⸢Ištar?⸣’ in season is my appearance”.
42. In pl. "face", "countenance"
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) bu-nu namrūtum ša DN ili ālika limḫurūka AbB 13, 140 r. 4 ARCHIBAB “may the shining countenance of DN, the god of your city, welcome you”. new
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ša … bu-un-ne-ia upassasu BagM 34, 150: xv 7 “who(ever) erases my features”. note the unexpected spelling of the pl. or dual with -ne. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) išemmēma rubû ušamsakka [b]u-un-nu-šú (∥ bu-nu-tu) namrūtu ikammelūka Counsels of Wisdom: A+42 eBL “(if) the prince hears (about it), he will blame you (and) his bright face will become angry against you”.
NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ṣalmu šarri … ina muḫḫi bu-un-ni … aqabbâššunu SAA 13, 34: 9 “the royal image … I shall speak with them about (its) features”. new
23. Ša būnī epēšu "to please"
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ša … ša bu-ni-ni ippušu u pānīni ana ṣalāmi lā inaddinu AbB 10, 147: 10 “who pleases us and does not let our face become black”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ṣubātam ana bu-ni-ka ul ＜＜ul＞＞ ēpuš AbB 13, 103: 7 ARCHIBAB “I have not made the garment to please you”. new
24. In prespositional phrases: "before"
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ša bu-ni-šú ippalis CTMMA 2, 5: 15' “he looked at what was in his sight”. cf. Maul ib. p. 53, ša būnīšu is here synonymous with ša panī + suffix. new
NBNB: Neo Babylonian (ca. 1000–626 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šandabakkū maḫrūte ša ina bu-un-ni-ka SAA 18, 3: 5 SAAo “the former šandabakkus who were there before you”. Synonymous with ina panī. new