aʾan [SPADIX] N (77x) Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian wr. a₂-an; ^ŋešan-na; an; ^ŋešan; ^ŋeša₂-an; ^ŋeša₂; ^gia₂-an "date spadix; string, cluster (of dates); a basket"

[1]	𒀉𒀭	a₂-an
[2]	𒄑𒀭𒈾	^ŋešan-na
[3]	𒀭	an
[4]	𒄑𒀭	^ŋeš an
[5]	𒄑𒀉𒀭	^ŋeša₂-an
[6]	𒄑𒀉	^ŋeš a₂
[7]	𒄀𒀉𒀭	^gia₂-an

	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB
[1]	6	49	1
[2]			8	3
[3]			5
[4]	1		1
[5]			2
[6]			1
[7]

6 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Lagash II (7x/9%)

Ur III (49x/64%)

Old Babylonian (18x/23%)

Middle Babylonian (2x/3%)

Neo-Assyrian (1x/1%)

Senses:

1. date spadix (77x/100%)

2. string, cluster (of dates)

3. a basket

Akk. sissinnu.

an

= a-an-tum (YBC 05026 2, 3, 4).

Lexical Associations

sissinnu[date-palm spadix]N (// aʾan[spadix] ŋešnimbar[palm])

^ŋešan-na ŋešnimbar = sis-sin-ni (Rm 0608+ o iii' 7').

References for all phrases

aʾan[spadix]

an = a-an-tum (YBC 05026 2).

an = a-an-tum ša še-im (YBC 05026 3).

an = si₂-is-si₂-nu-um (YBC 05026 4).

aʾan[spadix] usuh[tree]

[^ŋeš]⸢an-na⸣ u₃-⸢suḫ₅^!(LU) (Syria 12, pl. 46-47, 03 + pl. 47, 04 o i 1'; CM 22, pl. 35-36 o i 48).

aʾan[spadix] zag[side] ŋešnimbar[palm]

^ŋešan-na zag^? ŋešnimbar (OB Nippur Ura 1 85a).

aʾan[spadix] zulum[date]

a₂-an zu₂-lum (SLT 017 r iii 7').

aʾan[spadix] zulum[date] ŋešnimbar[palm]

^ŋešan-na zu₂-⸢lum ŋešnimbar⸣ (CUSAS 12, 3.1.1 c iii 19).

aʾan[spadix] ŋešnimbar[palm]

[^ŋeš]⸢an⸣ ŋešnimbar (LTBA 1, 079 o i 15').

^ŋešan-na ŋešnimbar (Anonymous 447996 r i 35; IB 1535+ iii 23; CUNES 50-06-020 o 8; Emar 6/1, p. 105-109, Msk 731030 o iv 27; OB Nippur Ura 1 98).

^ŋeša₂-an ŋešnimbar (Education in the Earliest Schools no. 019 iv 26).