THE SUMERIAN TERM u_(8)/ud_(5)/ab_(2)/eme_(3)/_(6)sila_(4)/maš_(2)/amar du_(3)(-a)

The aim of the present article is twofold:firstly,to prove that the expression animal+young du_(3)(-a),which is basically documented in texts from the 3rd millennium BC,refers to a dam that has just given birth,and secondly,to show the information concerning female animals and their newborns available in the texts.