Elementary Sumerian Glossary

al-lub ku6 , al-lu5(b) (older rdg. al-lul) (crayfish or crab)
al-tar construction work (Heimpel, CUSAS 5, 231-5)
(d) alad(LAMMAxBAD) male guardian angel, male
counterpart of → d lamma
alal(ŠIDxA), alalx(ABxA) conduit, pipe
alam, alan figure; statue. PSD A/3 170a calls alam
the preferred phonetic form. A reading alaĝ based on
the important reference PEa 845 (Jx) a-la-áĝ, is
doubted by Krecher [privately circulated correction
sheet to his AV Matouš II article] and by J. Bauer, Or
ns 43, 129. See also Yoshikawa, ASJ 12, 344-347.
alim bison (kusarikku)
alim-ma honored one (kabtu)
am wild bull
am-si elephant
ama mother
ama-a-tu → ama-tu
ama-ab, ama-ad parents
ama(-ar) - gi4 to free, manumit
ama(-ar)-gi4 manumission, freedom
ama-ér(-ra) wailing woman, female mourner
ama-érin(-na) elite troops
AMA.GAN(.ŠA) → šaganx
AMA. d INANNA → aĝarin, amalu
ama-tu(d), ama-a-tu house-born slave (cf. ama5)
ama-ugu(4) mother who has born, one's own true
mother
ama5, (ama) private quarters of women and young
children (Michalowski, Lamentation p. 76-78) (cf. émí)
ama5-kalam-ma storehouse/dwelling-quarters of the
land (Michalowski, Lamentation p. 78)
amalu(AMA. d INANNA) (personal) goddess
amar calf; young of other animals
d amar-utu(-k) Marduk, patron-deity of Babylon
amaš sheepfold
ambar marsh, swamp
an sky, heaven; the sky god An
an, an-na high, tall (cf. ùn and ĝi6-ù/un-na)
an-bar, an, KÙ.AN iron (Reiter, AOAT 249, 244ff.)
an-bar7 noon, noontime heat
an-dùl shade, cover; protection
an-eden-na high plain, steppe
an-ĝá and still, even so
an-kára → á-an-kára
an-na (or AN.NA, perhaps to be read niggi or nagga)
tin; iron(?) (Reiter, AOAT 249, 259ff.)
an-pa heaven's top, zenith
an-šà heaven's middle, middle of the sky
an-šár heavenly sphere, whole sky
an-ta above, from above, down; in front; prefix
(grammatical term)
an-ta-sur-ra (a Lagash geographical area); (obsidian?)
an-ub-da-límmu-ba the four world quarters
an-úr base of heaven, horizon
an-usan, an-ú-sa11-an evening
an-za-gàr tower, (fortified) outpost
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