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KU

English: seize (ORACC ePSD2 glossary, CC0)

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eBL nameKU
UnicodeU+121AA CUNEIFORM SIGN KU
Sign listsHZL 206 · MZL 808 · OBZL 415 · SLLHA 536 · KWU 869 · ABZ 536
Corpus uses123,132 tokens
Live counttablets with “ku”

English gloss

dab[seize]V/tseize13043 attestations
tuš[sit]V/isit1490 attestations
tukul[weapon]Nweapon741 attestations

Source: ORACC ePSD2 glossary (CC0).

Readings

be5bed3bet3bi7bid3bit3bu7bulₓdab5daba5deb2dib2dušgu5gud7guz3huₓkukud3kuz3nu10qu2sahₓsu5suh5sur11sušše10šed6ši5tibₓtukultukulatum5tumatuštušuṭušugu4zap2

Also in OGSL: zuâ‚“, kakkusâ‚“, tibirâ‚“

Use by period

Archaic0
Early Dynastic1,809
Old Akkadian1,100
Ur III25,261
Old Babylonian31,940
Middle Bab./Assyr.3,267
Hittite6
Neo-Assyrian13,230
Neo-/Late Babylonian6,311

Sign list: eBL (LMU Munich), with OGSL readings and Unicode (ORACC, CC0). Counts: Unread Atlas corpus. Credits.