saŋ [CHOOSE] V/t (443x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic wr. sag₁₀; saŋ; saŋ₆; sag₉; saŋ₆-saŋ₆; zag; saŋ-saŋ; saŋ₆^sag₃-^sag₃saŋ₆; saŋ₆^zag; ^saŋsaŋ₆ "to choose; choice"

See igi saŋ[choose]V/t.

[1]	𒅆𒂟	sag₁₀
[2]	𒊕	saŋ
[3]	𒉠	saŋ₆
[4]	𒊷	sag₉
[5]	𒉠𒉠	saŋ₆-saŋ₆
[6]	𒍠	zag
[7]	𒊕𒊕	saŋ-saŋ
[8]	𒉠𒉺𒉺𒉠	saŋ₆^sag₃-^sag₃saŋ₆
[9]	𒉠𒍠	saŋ₆ ^zag
[10]	𒊕𒉠	^saŋ saŋ₆
+	--ga=g.a (21x/5%); --ŋa₂=ŋ.a (47x/11%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]					146		33
[2]					2		164	10
[3]			8					30	9
[4]			1				22
[5]			1				2	4
[6]							1		4
[7]							3
[8]									1
[9]									1
[10]								1

40 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (10x/2%)

Old Akkadian (148x/33%)

Ur III (225x/51%)

Old Babylonian (45x/10%)

Middle Babylonian (7x/2%)

Neo-Assyrian (6x/1%)

Neo-Babylonian (1x/0%)

Hellenistic (1x/0%)

Verbal prefixes: V ; V.me ; Vmma.ni.n ; ba.i ; ha.V.n.da.i ; mu.n ; nu ; u.ba.i.n .

Senses:

1. to choose (439x/99%)

2. choice [AJ] (4x/1%)

saŋ₅

(OB Nippur Ea 557).

= nasāqum (Ea 07 152).

Lexical Associations

dašpu[(honey-)sweet]AJ (// saŋ[choose])

[zaŋ₃]-ŋa₂ = da-aš-⸢pu⸣ (VS 24, 13 o i 4').

dašāpu[be(come) sweet]V ša[of]DET suluppu[date]N (// saŋ[choose])

⸢saŋ₅^zag⸣-^ga[ŋa₂] = MIN<(da-ša₂-pu)> ša₂ ZU₂.LUM.[MA] (RA 13, 190-191, K 02055 o ii 5').

nasāqu[choose]V (// saŋ[choose])

saŋ₅ = [na-sa-qum] (CUSAS 12, 1.1.2 r i 30'; CBS 00157+ r i 12'; UM 29-13-684 r i 11'; Ea 07 152).

ṣurrû[split]AJ (// saŋ[choose])

zaŋ₃ = ṣu₂-ru-u₂ (TIM 09, 089 r i 12).

rēšūtu[slavery]N (// eme[tongue] saŋ[choose])

eme saŋ₅(ŠID)-ŋa₂ = re-⸢šu⸣-[tum] (Oriento 23/2, 1-19 r ii 30).

nasāqu[choose]V (// igi[eye] saŋ[choose])

igi saŋ = na-sa₃-qu₂-um (Moussaieff OB Aa o iii 30).

igi saŋ₅ = ⸢na-sa₃-qu₂⸣-um (Moussaieff OB Aa o iii 28).

nisqu[choice]N (// igi[eye] saŋ[choose])

igi saŋ = ni-is-qu₂-um (Moussaieff OB Aa o iii 31).

igi saŋ₅ = ni-is-qu₂-um (Moussaieff OB Aa o iii 29).

ṣipru[point]N (// suhgir[diadem] saŋ[choose])

sukuš saŋ₅^sag₃-^sag₃saŋ₅ = ṣi-ip-ra-a-tum (CT 12, pl. 40-41, K 00039 o ii 20).

References for all phrases

saŋ[choose]

saŋ₅ (MSL 14, 029 Lf r iii' 18; MSL 14, 026 Ib o 3'; OB Nippur Ea 557; PBS 12, 04 r ii 13; MSL 14, 018 Bb r vi 19).

[saŋ₅]-ŋa₂[...]-^ga = [...] (RA 17, 159, K 08305 o i' 3').

⸢zaŋ₃⸣ (MSL 13, 15 E2 r ii' 7, r ii' 8).

[zaŋ₃]-ŋa₂ = da-aš-⸢pu⸣ (VS 24, 13 o i 4').

⸢saŋ₅^zag⸣-^ga[ŋa₂] = MIN<(da-ša₂-pu)> ša₂ ZU₂.LUM.[MA] (RA 13, 190-191, K 02055 o ii 5').

saŋ₅ = [na-sa-qum] (CUSAS 12, 1.1.2 r i 30'; CBS 00157+ r i 12'; UM 29-13-684 r i 11'; Ea 07 152).

zaŋ₃ = ṣu₂-ru-u₂ (TIM 09, 089 r i 12).

eme[tongue] saŋ[choose]

eme saŋ₅(ŠID)-ŋa₂ = re-⸢šu⸣-[tum] (Oriento 23/2, 1-19 r ii 30).

igi[eye] saŋ[choose]

igi saŋ = na-sa₃-qu₂-um (Moussaieff OB Aa o iii 30).

igi saŋ₅ = ⸢na-sa₃-qu₂⸣-um (Moussaieff OB Aa o iii 28).

igi saŋ = ni-is-qu₂-um (Moussaieff OB Aa o iii 31).

igi saŋ₅ = ni-is-qu₂-um (Moussaieff OB Aa o iii 29).

suhgir[diadem] saŋ[choose]

sukuš saŋ₅^sag₃-^sag₃saŋ₅ = ṣi-ip-ra-a-tum (CT 12, pl. 40-41, K 00039 o ii 20).

ŋešnimbar[palm] uhin[date] saŋ[choose]

⸢^ŋešŋešnimbar⸣ [u₄-ḫi]-⸢in zag⸣-[ga^?] (Syria 10, pl. 77, 05 o ii' 1; Syria 12, pl. 46-47, 03 + pl. 47, 04 o iii 19).

^ŋešŋešnimbar MIN<(u₄-ḫi-in)> zag-⸢ga⸣ = [...] (K 04425 r i' 4'; K 08240+ o ii 13).

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