esig [BIRD] N (14x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian wr. e-sig^mušen; e-sig₁₇^mušen; sig^mušen; sig₁₇^mušen; u₂-sig^mušen; sig₇^mušen "a bird"

[1]	𒂊𒋝𒄷	e-sig^mušen
[2]	𒂊𒄀𒄷	e-sig₁₇^mušen
[3]	𒋝𒄷	sig ^mušen
[4]	𒄀𒄷	sig₁₇ ^mušen
[5]	𒌑𒋝𒄷	u₂-sig^mušen
[6]	𒅊𒄷	sig₇ ^mušen

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

5 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (1x/7%)

Ur III (4x/29%)

Old Babylonian (7x/50%)

Middle Babylonian (1x/7%)

Neo-Assyrian (1x/7%)

Senses:

1. a bird (14x/100%)

Bibliography

[2004] N. Veldhuis, Nanše 239.

[1981] D. Owen, ZA 71 37.

Lexical Associations

usigu[(a bird)]N (// esig[bird])

[e-sig]^mušen = e-si-gu (Ura 18 Seg.9, 6).

References for all phrases

esig[bird]

e^?-sig^mušen (AO 06034 o iii 2; OB Nippur Ura 4 467; CM 22, pl. 35-36 r iv 11).

sig₁₇^mušen (ED Birds 61).

u₂-sig^mušen (TIM 10, 009 o i 3).

[e-sig]^mušen = e-si-gu (Ura 18 Seg.9, 6).

amar[young] esig[bird]

amar sig^mušen (CM 22, pl. 35-36 r v 16).

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