KI.KAL [BOTTOM] N (9x) Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian wr. ^kušKI-KAL; ^ŋešKI-KAL; ^u₂KI-KAL; KI-KAL "bottom of a leather bag; sole of a shoe; chariot platform"

[1]	𒋢𒆠𒆗	^kušKI-KAL
[2]	𒄑𒆠𒆗	^ŋešKI-KAL
[3]	𒌑𒆠𒆗	^u₂KI-KAL
[4]	𒆠𒆗	KI-KAL

	Ur III	OB	Post-OB
[1]	3		2
[2]		2	1
[3]		1
[4]

3 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Ur III (3x/33%)

Old Babylonian (3x/33%)

Middle Babylonian (2x/22%)

Neo-Assyrian (1x/11%)

Senses:

1. bottom of a leather bag (8x/89%)

2. sole of a shoe

3. chariot platform (1x/11%)

Akk. sassu.

Bibliography

[1968] M. Civil, JAOS 88 10.

[2012] P. Paoletti, BPOA 10 172.

Lexical Associations

sassu[base]N (// KI.KAL[bottom] esir[shoe])

^kušsas(KI.KAL) e-sir₂ = sa-as-su (Ura 11 section 1, 118; LTBA 1, 33 o ii 30').

sassu[base]N (// KI.KAL[bottom] margida[cart])

^ŋešsas(KI.KAL) mar-gid₂-da = sa-as-⸢su⸣ (Emar 6/1, p. 128, Msk 731048 r ii' 12').

sassu[base]N kīsu[money-bag]N (// KI.KAL[bottom] niŋna[bag])

^kušsas(KI.KAL) niŋ₂-na₄ = sa-[as-su MIN<(ki-i-su])> (Ura 11 section 1, 156).

References for all phrases

KI.KAL[bottom] esir[shoe]

^kušsas(KI.KAL) e-sir₂ = sa-as-su (Ura 11 section 1, 118; LTBA 1, 33 o ii 30').

KI.KAL[bottom] gigir[chariot]

^ŋešsas(KI.KAL) gigir (Syria 12, pl. 46-47, 03 + pl. 47, 04 r iv 11).

^ŋešsas(KI.KAL) [gigir] = [...] (Emar 6/1, p. 128, Msk 731048 r i' 2').

KI.KAL[bottom] margida[cart]

^ŋeš^u₂sas(KI.KAL) mar-gid₂-da (Education in the Earliest Schools no. 019 r ii 8; TIM 10, 139 o i 2).

^ŋešKI.KAL mar-gid₂-da (EEN 268-269 KM 89542 d ii 27'; CUSAS 12, 3.1.18 o 2).

^ŋešsas(KI.KAL) mar-gid₂-da = sa-as-⸢su⸣ (Emar 6/1, p. 128, Msk 731048 r ii' 12').

KI.KAL[bottom] niŋna[bag]

⸢^kuš⸣sas(KI.KAL) niŋ₂-na₄ = sa-[...] (AO 02163b o 9).

[^kuš]⸢sas(KI.KAL)⸣ niŋ₂-⸢na₄⸣ = [...] (Iraq 06, 67 + 68 o ii' 3').

⸢^kuš⸣KI.KAL niŋ₂-na₄ (Emar 6/2, p. 571-574, Msk 74247 o iii 21; Emar 6/1, p. 264-265, Msk 74105a o iii 14').