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SUMERIAN GRAMMAR
who is proteeted not escape? BA. V 640,17. Noun; úr= kidinu, protecl:,::,
~~~H (uru)= tagsirtu. d'nina unl e-gal'-ra, Nina protectress oi 12:.-=
encJosures, Nik. 163 obv. II 4.
7. UR, a) Foundation. UI'= isdu. an-ul', foundation of heaven. iú'=isdu, rr~~
= ussu. ~~~H (Ul'u)= emdu. Often pedestal of a statue, etc. "'_
bi dag-a mu-na-ni-dü, its pedestal with stone he built, SAK. 40 V L_
B:AK + GIS úr-su mu-na-dím, he has made it as a support for the battle
mace, SAK. 31 i) 6.
b) Part of the body, legs, feet. ur-slg-bi izi u-ne-tag, his legs and face
toueh with tire, CT. XVI 45, 145. Yet ur means apparently Jeet in nigul'-tab-tab-ba,
whatsoever is four footed, Bois. Choix 30, 11. á-ul' =
mesréti, limbs, i. e. hands and legs. Cf. ur-uzu = isid séri, a leg of tlesh,
bam, BE. VIII 106, 6.
e) Baek (?) ür=letu. ür galu tu-ra-Sú ra-ra·da, in beating the baek (?) of tbe
siek man, CT. XVI 5, 189. Also ur = letu. bad-Ul'-ta ba-sub, upon the
ridge of the city wall he hurled her. All these words go baek to an
original us, to place, to Support emiidu. Henee ür = emiidu.
8. UR, Demonstrative pronoun, § 163.
9. UR, URU, eity. W'U, úru, urú = alu. urú = ummanu, host, K. 69 obv. 15.
121'= kapru, village. urugal, ir(fal = irkallu, arallu" the great city (oí
the dead), hel!. Possibly eonneeted with eri to beget.
10. UR, Go, advanee. Vara. ür=bala?u, ef. ra=bil?á, run away. úr=ba'u,
come. ur, u/'= bamamu to lead. a-ma-ru úr·ra, the advaneing storm,
SBH. 38, 8. úr = rakabu, to ride.
11. UR, One. 121'= édu, isten. ur = isten. ur, 121'= mitlwru, unanimous. See
ru 2.
12. UR, To bristle, Bore with a pointed instrument, to harrow, úr = sakaku. bao
ab'úr-ra = usakkak, he shall harrow, ASKT. 73,6. úr = sakaku sa iij:li,
and masaru sa iij:ti,to harrow a tield, BM. 47779, rey. ef. 36991, 19. túg
Úgir úr-ra, a garment studded with sharp points. slg-úr = sintu, a
woollen garment beaded. su-úr-su-úr = sintatu, beaded belt. ur =
masaru. The fox's tail im-ma-ni-ib-ur-ur = imtanassar, bristled (?),
IV R. 11 a 4".
13. UR, Hostile, nakru. úru-ma uri me-en, varo ur-ri men, to my eity ] am
hostile, CT. XV 8 !. 1 (above) = 24, 9. Possibly eonneeted with kur.
14. UR, Dog, kalbu. ur-bar-I'a, wild dogo ur-maiJ, lion. panther labbu. W'
idim, the howling dog, uridimmü. See idim 3 and SAL 8662.
15. UR, Old, labil'U. Value assumed for U'l'a = labiru from Poebel 11, 21, tú.lu­
¡) i. e. ur, man against mano
1. Probably a late harmonised form of irij:al.