gansis [DARKNESS] N (10x) Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian wr. ^dgansis; gansis; ^d  ^gan₂-^sisgansis "darkness"

[1]	𒀭𒋯	^d gansis
[2]	𒋯	gansis
[3]	𒀭𒃷𒋀𒋯	^d  ^gan₂-^sisgansis

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

3 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Old Babylonian (9x/90%)

Middle Babylonian (1x/10%)

Senses:

1. darkness (10x/100%)

Akk. ekletu; eṭûtu.

gansis

(OB Nippur Ea 537).

References for all phrases

gansis[darkness]

gansis (MSL 14, 029 Lf r ii' 19; OB Nippur Ea 537; MSL 14, 029 Lg o 6; PBS 05, 117 + 118 o v' 19').

^dgansis (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 27; MSL 13, 13 J, 14 R r i 16'; OrNS 70, 210-211 r iii 30; PBS 12, 04 o i 7').

[^d]  ⸢^gan₂⸣-^sisgansis(TA^g) = e-ṭu-tum (MSL 13, 35 B r 11).

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