ŋissu [SHADE] N (130x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. ŋissu; ŋissu^sar; ^ŋešŋissu; ŋissu^ku₆; ŋizza; ŋeš-šu₂; ŋissu-ŋissu "shade, shadow; protection, aegis; canopy"

[1]	𒄑𒈪	ŋissu
[2]	𒄑𒈪𒊬	ŋissu ^sar
[3]	𒄑𒄑𒈪	^ŋeš ŋissu
[4]	𒄑𒈪𒄩	ŋissu ^ku₆
[5]	𒈪	ŋizza
[6]	𒄑𒋙	ŋeš-šu₂
[7]	𒄑𒈪𒄑𒈪	ŋissu-ŋissu

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]			3		4	3	1	83	16	2
[2]								5	1	2
[3]									2	1
[4]									2	1
[5]									2
[6]									1
[7]								1

20 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (3x/2%)

Old Akkadian (4x/3%)

Lagash II (3x/2%)

Ur III (1x/1%)

Old Babylonian (89x/68%)

Middle Assyrian (1x/1%)

Middle Babylonian (4x/3%)

Neo-Assyrian (16x/12%)

Neo-Babylonian (2x/2%)

Hellenistic (1x/1%)

unknown (6x/5%)

Senses:

1. shade, shadow (126x/97%)

2. protection, aegis (1x/1%)

3. canopy (3x/2%)

Akk. ṣillu.

ŋizza

= ša ŋissu (Ea 07 186).

Lexical Associations

erēpu[cloud over]V ša[of]DET šamšu[sun]N (// ŋissu[shade])

ŋeš-šu₂ = MIN<(e-re-pu)> ša₂ šam-[ši] (K 02056 o i 6').

nūnu[fish]N x (// ŋissu[shade])

⸢ŋissu⸣^ku₆ = MIN<(nun)> [...] (LTBA 1, 85 o 8').

nūnu[fish]N ṣillu[shade]N (// ŋissu[shade])

ŋissu^ku₆ = MIN<(nun)> ṣil-[li] (Ura 18 Seg.4, 6).

ša[of]DET ŋissu[shade]N (// ŋissu[shade])

ŋizza = ša ŋissu (CUSAS 12, 1.1.2 r i 62'; Ea 07 186).

ṣillu[shade]N (// ŋissu[shade])

⸢ŋissu^ku₆⸣ = ṣil-[li] (LTBA 1, 59 o i' 6').

ṣillu[shade]N eleppu[ship]N (// ŋissu[shade])

^ŋešŋissu = ⸢ṣil-li⸣ MIN<(e-lip-pi)> (K 08218 r ii' 6a).

lu-hu-um īnu[eye]N (// ŋissu[shade] igi[eye])

[ŋissu igi]-ŋu₁₀ = lu-ḫu-um-<<šu>> i-ni-⸢ia⸣ (MSL 09, 66, N 6189 o 8).

ṣillu[shade]N eleppu[ship]N (// ŋissu[shade] ma[ship])

^ŋešŋissu ma₂ = ṣil-lum MIN<(e-lip-pi)> (K 04331 r i 14).

ṣillu[shade]N x (// ŋissu[shade] ma[ship])

^ŋešŋissu ma₂ = ⸢ṣil⸣-[lum ...] (Iraq 06, 44 r 2).

ṣillu[shade]N (// a[arm] ŋissu[shade])

[a₂] ⸢ŋissu⸣ = ⸢GIŠ⸣.MI GIŠ.MI-aš (KBo 01, 42 o ii 5').

ša[that]REL īnu[eye]N ṣillû[surrounded by shadow]AJ (// lu[person] igi[eye] ŋissu[shade] la[hang])

lu₂ igi ŋissu la₂-a = ša i-na-šu ṣi-li-a (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.2, 108).

mušēlû[that raises]N ṣillu[shade]N (// lu[person] ŋissu[shade] e[leave])

⸢lu₂ ŋissu e₃-de₃⸣ = mu-še-li ṣi-il-li (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.6, 6).

sassatu[grass]N (// u[grass] ŋissu[shade])

u₂ ŋissu = sa-as-[sa^?-tum^?] (Ura 17 Seg.7, 3a; MSL 10, 004 S13 o 5').

ṣillu[shade]N tamhû[evening]N (// ud[sun] ŋissu[shade] la[hang])

ud ŋissu la₂ = ṣil-li tam-ḫe-e (K 02021A+ r ii 37').

immeru[sheep]N x (// udu[sheep] ŋissu[shade])

udu ŋissu = im-me-ri [...] (CTMMA 2, 055 o ii 37; LTBA 1, 36 o 3').

immeru[sheep]N ṣillu[shade]N (// udu[sheep] ŋissu[shade])

udu ŋissu = im-me-ri [ṣil-lu] (Ura 13 Seg.1, 91).

ṣillānû[shade-loving]AJ (// šelu[coriander] ŋissu[shade])

^u₂še-lu₂ ŋissu^sar = ṣil-la-ni-tu₂ (Ura 17 Seg.7, 63; CT 14, pl. 41, K 08791 r i' 9').

References for all phrases

ŋissu[shade]

ŋissu (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 300; PBS 12, 04 r iii 1).

ŋissu = [...] (CT 19, pl. 17-19, K 04386+ o ii 52').

⸢ŋissu-ŋissu⸣-[ŋu₁₀] (OB Nippur Ugumu 286').

ŋissu-[ŋu₁₀] (OB Nippur Ugumu 285').

ŋeš-šu₂ = MIN<(e-re-pu)> ša₂ šam-[ši] (K 02056 o i 6').

⸢ŋissu⸣^ku₆ = MIN<(nun)> [...] (LTBA 1, 85 o 8').

ŋissu^ku₆ = MIN<(nun)> ṣil-[li] (Ura 18 Seg.4, 6).

ŋizza = ša ŋissu (CUSAS 12, 1.1.2 r i 62'; Ea 07 186).

⸢ŋissu^ku₆⸣ = ṣil-[li] (LTBA 1, 59 o i' 6').

^ŋešŋissu = ⸢ṣil-li⸣ MIN<(e-lip-pi)> (K 08218 r ii' 6a).

ŋissu[shade] daŋal[wide]

ŋissu daŋal-la (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 302).

ŋissu[shade] dug[good]

ŋissu dug₃-ga (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 301).

ŋissu[shade] igi[eye]

ŋissu igi-ŋu₁₀ (OB Nippur Ugumu 76).

[ŋissu igi]-ŋu₁₀ = lu-ḫu-um-<<šu>> i-ni-⸢ia⸣ (MSL 09, 66, N 6189 o 8).

ŋissu[shade] la[hang]

ŋissu lal₂ = [...]-⸢x⸣ (CT 19, pl. 17-19, K 04386+ o ii 53').

ŋissu[shade] ma[ship]

^ŋešŋissu ma₂ = ṣil-lum MIN<(e-lip-pi)> (K 04331 r i 14).

^ŋešŋissu ma₂ = ⸢ṣil⸣-[lum ...] (Iraq 06, 44 r 2).

a[arm] ŋissu[shade]

[a₂] ⸢ŋissu⸣ = ⸢GIŠ⸣.MI GIŠ.MI-aš (KBo 01, 42 o ii 5').

gu[neck] ŋissu[shade]

gu₂ ŋissu = [...] [...] (KBo 01, 42 o iii 20).

igi[eye] ŋissu[shade] la[hang]

igi ŋissu la₂ = i-in ṣi-lim (MSLSSI, 17-27 v 29).

lu[person] igi[eye] ŋissu[shade] la[hang]

lu₂ igi ŋissu la₂-a = ša i-na-šu ṣi-li-a (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.2, 108).

lu[person] ŋissu[shade] e[leave]

lu₂ ŋissu e₃-de₃ (MSL SS 1, p. 07 A o iii' 17).

lu₂ ŋissu ⸢e₃⸣-[de₃] = [mu-še-li ṣi-il]-⸢li⸣ (MSL 12, 157 A 359).

⸢lu₂ ŋissu e₃-de₃⸣ = mu-še-li ṣi-il-li (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.6, 6).

u[grass] ŋissu[shade]

u₂ ŋissu = sa-as-[sa^?-tum^?] (Ura 17 Seg.7, 3a; MSL 10, 004 S13 o 5').

ud[sun] ŋissu[shade] la[hang]

ud ŋissu la₂ = ṣil-li tam-ḫe-e (K 02021A+ r ii 37').

udu[sheep] ŋissu[shade]

udu ŋissu (HS 1816 r ii 4; SLT 043 r iii 16'; NMC 10098 o ii 11'; OB Nippur Ura 3 73).

udu ŋissu = ⸢im^?⸣-[...] (Iraq 06, 175-176, 76 o ii 26).

udu ŋissu = im-me-ri [...] (CTMMA 2, 055 o ii 37; LTBA 1, 36 o 3').

udu ŋissu = im-me-ri [ṣil-lu] (Ura 13 Seg.1, 91).

šelu[coriander] ŋissu[shade]

[^u₂še^?]-⸢lu₂^?⸣ ŋissu^sar = [...] (LTBA 1, 85 o 5').

še-lu₂ ŋissu⸢^sar⸣ (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 c ii 4; OB Nippur Ura 4 280; CUSAS 12, 3.4.1 b iii 9; A 07896 ix 17; SLT 76 r i 4).

^u₂še-lu₂ ŋissu^sar = ṣil-la-ni-tu₂ (Ura 17 Seg.7, 63; CT 14, pl. 41, K 08791 r i' 9').

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