Elementary Sumerian Glossary

dúr - ĝar to take a seat, settle, establish residence (for
reading cf. Shulgi F 24 dúr-ra-ni bí-ì-ĝar)
giš dúr-ĝar ornate chair, throne (durgar(r)û)
dùr, dur9, du24-ùr (or dur9 ùr ) donkey stallion
urudu dur10(ŠEN) (an ax)
urudu dur10-al-lub (a war ax with curved handle or
semicircular blade) (Civil, Farmer's Instructions p. 149-
151)
urudu dur10-tab-ba double-ax (Civil, AuOr 5, 22f.)
duru5, dur5(-ru) wet, moist, damp; irrigated; fresh
im durun-na, im tu-ru-na oven (Civil, JCS 25, 172-175)
gi dusu(ÍL) (read now → dubsig)
E
e Hey! (an interjection) (Attinger, Eléments p. 178)
e → du11
e, ég, e4(A) (raised) irrigation ditch, embankment,
levee, "a broad earthen wall which accomodated a ditch
or small canal running along its top" (Steinkeller,
JAOS 115 [1995] 543) (iku) (conventionally read e, but
see Civil, Farmer's Instructions p. 109-113, 136 n. 2)
e-el-lu, e-li-lu, e-lil-la (a shout of joy, a work cry)
kuš E.ÍB (read kuš guru21/kuru14?) belt, girdle
kuš E.ÍB-ùr (siege-)shield (Attinger, ZA 88, 182 reads
e egurx ùr = /egbur/? < Civil, AuOr 5, 22 n. 12)
e-ki-sur-ra boundary ditch
e-ne (older a-ne) he, she
e-ne - du11(g) to play, dance (Attinger, Eléments 468-
474) (cf. éšemen)
e-ne - sù(-ud) to copulate (Attinger, Eléments 474-
477)
e-ne-šè/éš → ì-ne-éš
e-pa5 (raised) irrigation ditch
e-sír street
kuš e-sír, (e) èsir(LAK 173) sandals (see Civil, Or 56,
237, also Steinkeller, AfO 28, 140f. for the OS writing)
é house, household, estate; temple (Read now `à or à`,
pronounced [ah] or [hah]? Some Auslaut must be
posited to account for the common writing é-a-ni
rather than é-ni.)
É (read `à or à` as an older variant of a "water")
é-ba-an, é-pa-na pair
é-babbar (the temple of of the sun-god Utu in Larsa
and Sippar)
é-bappir (possibly é-lunga in certain contexts)
brewery
é-dù-a built-up house lot, improved real estate
é-dub-ba(-a) school; storehouse (in some contexts read
é-kìšib-ba?)
é-duru5 village, hamlet
é-éš(-k) jail (Civil, AV Hallo 75)
é-éš-dam → éš-dam
é-gal palace
é-gar8 wall
é-gi4-a (prospective) daughter-in-law, bride
é-itima dark room, cella (divine or royal inner
chamber, bedchamber)
é-kišib-ba warehouse, storehouse
é-kur (the temple of Enlil in Nippur)
é-lunga(n) brewery (see LSUr 306; perhaps read ébappir
in certain contexts)
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