ŋešellag [TOOL] N (11x) Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Hellenistic wr. ŋeš-ellag; ŋeš^gi-^iš-^e-^lagellag; ŋeš^gi-^iš-^el-^lagellag; ŋeš^gi-^iš-^il-^lagellag "a tool"

[1]	𒄑𒆸	ŋeš-ellag
[2]	𒄑𒄀𒅖𒂊𒋃𒆸	ŋeš^gi-^iš-^e-^lagellag
[3]	𒄑𒄀𒅖𒂖𒋃𒆸	ŋeš^gi-^iš-^el-^lagellag
[4]	𒄑𒄀𒅖𒅋𒋃𒆸	ŋeš^gi-^iš-^il-^lagellag

	OB	Post-OB
[1]	6	2
[2]		1
[3]		1
[4]		1

4 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Old Babylonian (6x/55%)

Neo-Assyrian (4x/36%)

Hellenistic (1x/9%)

Senses:

1. a tool (11x/100%)

Akk. mekkû.

ŋeš-ellag

= mekkû (Rm 0962 i' 4').

Lexical Associations

mekkû[(a reed sieve)]N (// ŋešellag[tool])

ŋeš-ellag = me-⸢ek⸣-[ku-u₂] (Rm 0962 i' 4').

⸢ŋeš⸣^gi-^iš-MIN.<(^e-^lag)>⸢ellag⸣ = ⸢me⸣-[ek-ku-u] lit^?-x-⸢tum⸣ (SpTU 2, 053 r ii 28).

[ŋeš]⸢^gi⸣-^iš-MIN.<(^el-^lag)>⸢ellag⸣ = [me-ek-ku]-⸢u₂⸣ (CT 12, pl. 45, K 04408 i 9').

ŋeš^gi-^iš-MIN.<(^il-^lag)>ellag = me-ek-ku-u₂ (CT 12, pl. 44, K 04403 o i 10').

References for all phrases

ŋešellag[tool]

ŋeš-ellag (UET 6, 0677 + 0678 + UET 7, 087 + 091 r iii 02'; Education in the Earliest Schools no. 019 r i 39; OB Nippur Ura 1 427; LTBA 1, 079 o v 9'; CUSAS 12, 3.1.1 c iv 51; IB 1512c + o ii 24').

[ŋeš]-ellag = [...] [...] (K 04399 o i 6').