nimru I
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Variant: nammaru, namru
Meanings:
leopard
de:German: Deutsch Leopard
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD)
Domain: Animals; wild animals
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivepattern: PiRS, PaRSverbal adjective of roots i--gem., PaRRaS (?)
Logogram: PIRIG.TUR, PÌRIG.TUR
Etymology: Inherited Cf. PSem. *namir “leopard”, see SED 2, 164; Kogan 2011, 208.
2Attestations
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) PN ni-⸢im-ru⸣ ananāti Zimrī-Līm Epic ii 18 SEAL “PN, leopard of battles”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) GÙN : barāmu ša iqb[û] kīma nim-ri tukkupā [kalâtīša] CunMon. 49/2, 30: 27′ “(the logogram) GÙN (means) to be(come) dappled, (as in the case) which it said: [‘her (viz., Lamaštu’s) small of the back] is speckled like a leopard’”. Commentary Sakikkû I 15. new