anpa [ZENITH] N (32x) Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. an-pa "zenith"

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an-pa

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]							2	19	9	2

7 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Ur III (2x/6%)

Old Babylonian (19x/59%)

Middle Assyrian (1x/3%)

Middle Babylonian (2x/6%)

Neo-Assyrian (4x/13%)

Neo-Babylonian (1x/3%)

Hellenistic (1x/3%)

unknown (2x/6%)

Senses:

1. zenith (32x/100%)

Akk. elat šamê.

Lexical Associations

elītu[that which is above]N šamû[heaven]N (// anpa[zenith])

an-pa = MIN<(e-la-a-tum)> AN^e (VS 24, 13 o ii 21').

elītu[that which is above]N šamû[sky]N (// anpa[zenith])

an-pa = e-lat AN^e (CT 19, pl. 17-19, K 04386+ r i 55; K 14222 r 2').

šarru[king]N (// anpa[zenith])

an-pa⸢^x-^x⸣-^ud = MIN<(LUGAL)> (CT 51, pl. 58-60, BM 122629+ o iv 29').

References for all phrases

anpa[zenith]

[an]-⸢pa^?⸣ (HS 1802 a i 17; OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 20; MSL 13, 13 J, 14 R r i 9'; OrNS 70, 210-211 r iii 19).

⸢an⸣-pa = a-pi ša-me-e^* (MSL 13, 35 B o 6').