ašte [CHAIR] N (36x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian wr. aš-te; ^ŋešiš-de₃; ^ŋešaš-te; ^ŋešašte₂; aš-ti; al-te; iš-de₃; ^ŋešal-te; eš-de; ^muaš-te "chair, throne; seat, dwelling; shrine, chapel; a unit of area"

[1]	𒀸𒋼	aš-te
[2]	𒄑𒅖𒉈	^ŋešiš-de₃
[3]	𒄑𒀸𒋼	^ŋešaš-te
[4]	𒄑𒆹	^ŋeš ašte₂
[5]	𒀸𒋾	aš-ti
[6]	𒀠𒋼	al-te
[7]	𒅖𒉈	iš-de₃
[8]	𒄑𒀠𒋼	^ŋešal-te
[9]	𒌍𒁲	eš-de
[10]	𒈬𒀸𒋼	^muaš-te

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]								5	5
[2]					7
[3]									5
[4]					4
[5]								1	2
[6]									2
[7]			2
[8]									2
[9]								1
[10]

10 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (2x/6%)

Old Akkadian (11x/31%)

Old Babylonian (7x/19%)

Middle Babylonian (7x/19%)

Neo-Assyrian (8x/22%)

Neo-Babylonian (1x/3%)

Senses:

1. chair, throne (36x/100%)

2. seat, dwelling

3. shrine, chapel

4. a unit of area

Akk. kussû; sukku; šubtu.

Bibliography

[1992] P. Steinkeller and J.N. Postgate, LAT 90.

Lexical Associations

šubtu[seat]N (// ašte[chair])

aš-ti = ^gišDAG ^gišDAG (KBo 01, 42 r ii 7').

eleppu[ship]N Enlil[1]DN (// ma[ship] ašte[chair])

^ŋešma₂ aš-te = MIN<(e-lip)> ⸢^d⸣EN.⸢LIL₂⸣ (MSL SS 1, 019 r i 23').

References for all phrases

ašte[chair]

aš-ti = ^gišDAG ^gišDAG (KBo 01, 42 r ii 7').

ašte[chair] margida[cart]

^ŋešal-⸢te^?⸣ [mar-gid₂-da] (RSO 5/1, p. 281 fig. 34c r iii' 23'; Syria 13, 235, 10 r ii' 6').

gag[nail] ašte[chair] margida[cart]

^ŋešgag ⸢al⸣-[te mar-gid₂-da] (RSO 5/1, p. 281 fig. 34c r iii' 24'; Syria 13, 235, 10 r ii' 7').

ma[ship] ašte[chair]

^ŋešma₂ aš-te = MIN<(e-lip)> ⸢^d⸣EN.⸢LIL₂⸣ (MSL SS 1, 019 r i 23').

še[barley] ašte[chair]

še aš-te (N 5936 o i 3).

Word ID: o0024635; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0024635; version 2.7.2 (built 2024-08-31)