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Akkadian
Etymology
Unknown. In his Babyloniaca, Babylonian historian Berossos refers to this number in Greek as νῆρος (nêros).
Pronunciation
Numeral
nēr m or f (free form nērum) (Babylonian)
- six hundred, 600
- (with ana and -šu/-ša) all, totally
- universe?
- (lexical, Standard Babylonian) a word for troops, possibly host? or army?
Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- 𒉌𒂊𒅕 (ne₂-e-er)
- 𒉈𒅕 (ne-er)
- 𒉌𒅕 (ni-ir)
- 𒉌𒄿𒀸 (ni-i-rum)
- 𒉌𒂊𒊒 (ne₂-e-ru)
- 𒉌𒄿𒊒 (ni-i-ru)
- 𒉌𒊒 (ni-ru)
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References
- “nīru E”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 11, N, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1980, page 265
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “nēr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
- Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, page 236