sar [WRITE] V/t (230x) Early Dynastic I-II, Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. sar; sar-sar; sa; sa-ra; sar-re-x-x; sar^ar; sa₂-re "to write"

See dub sar[writer]N, kišib mu sara[seal]N.

[1]	𒊬	sar
[2]	𒊬𒊬	sar-sar
[3]	𒊓	sa
[4]	𒊓𒊏	sa-ra
[5]	𒊬𒊑XX	sar-re-x-x
[6]	𒊬𒅈	sar ^ar
[7]	𒁲𒊑	sa₂-re
+	--ra=r+a (3x/1%); --ra=r.a (36x/16%); --re=r+e (6x/3%); --re=r.e (28x/12%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]	1	3	24		19	3	51	89	21	1
[2]			2					7
[3]								5
[4]							1
[5]								1
[6]							1
[7]							1

94 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic I-II (1x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIa (3x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (26x/11%)

Old Akkadian (19x/8%)

Lagash II (3x/1%)

Ur III (54x/23%)

Old Babylonian (102x/44%)

Middle Babylonian (3x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (6x/3%)

Neo-Babylonian (10x/4%)

Persian (1x/0%)

Hellenistic (1x/0%)

unknown (1x/0%)

Verbal prefixes: V ; V.V.b ; V.b ; V.b.ta.n ; V.m ; V.me ; V.n ; V.na ; V.na.n ; V.ta ; Vmma.i ; Vmma.i.n ; al ; ba ; ba.V.b ; ba.a ; ba.i ; ba.i.b ; ba.i.n ; ba.n ; ba.na ; ba.ta ; bara.V.da.n ; ga.V.b ; ha.V.ni ; ha.Vmma.i ; mu ; mu.da ; mu.da.n ; mu.e ; mu.n ; nu ; nu.V.b ; nu.V.da ; nu.ba ; nu.ba.n ; nu.mu ; nu.mu.n ; u.ba.i ; u.mu.i .

Senses:

1. to write (230x/100%)

Akk. šaṭāru.

sar

= šaṭāri (CT 11, pl. 27, BM 093033 r i 8; RA 09, 77-78 r ii 33).

= šaṭārum (Moussaieff OB Aa r ii 22).

Lexical Associations

šaṭāru[write (down)]V (// sar[write])

[in]-sar = iš-[ṭur] (MSL SS 1, 005 o 13'; BM 047733 o ii' 15'; MSL 05, 046 o ii 29).

[in-sar]-⸢e⸣ = i-šaṭ-[ṭar] (MSL SS 1, 005 o 14'; BM 047733 o ii' 16'; MSL 05, 046 o ii 30).

[in-sar-e-meš] = ⸢i-šaṭ⸣-[ṭa-ru] (MSL SS 1, 005 o 15'; MSL 05, 046 o ii 31).

sar = ša-ṭa-rum (Moussaieff OB Aa r ii 22).

⸢sar⸣-ra-ab = šu-ṭu₂-ur (CUNES 47-12-032 o i 7').

šaṭāru[write]V (// sar[write])

sar = ša₂-ṭa-ri (CT 11, pl. 27, BM 093033 r i 8).

sar = [ša-ṭa-ru] (MSL 03, 094 ST r i 21).

pišannu[box]N x (// bisaŋ[basket] im[clay] sar[write])

^gibisaŋ im sar-ra = MIN<(pi-sa-an-nu)> [...] (RA 17, 174, K 15368+ o i 10').

References for all phrases

sar[write]

in-[sar] (HS 1702 o ii' 8'; OB Nippur Ki-ulutin-bi-še 40; CM 22, pl. 35-36 r vi 6).

in-[sar] = [...] (MSL SS 1, 003 o ii' 8'; MB Ura 02 Seg.1, 75).

in-sar-[e] = [...] (MSL SS 1, 003 o ii' 9').

in-sar-[e-meš] (HS 1702 o ii' 9').

in-sar-e-[meš] = [...] (MSL SS 1, 003 o ii' 10'; MB Ura 02 Seg.1, 76; BM 047733 o ii' 17').

sar (MSL 14, 026 Ia o i 12).

sar = [...] (RA 09, 77-78 r ii 33).

sar = ša₂-ṭa-[ru] (SpTU 4, 186 r iv 5).

[in]-sar = iš-[ṭur] (MSL SS 1, 005 o 13'; BM 047733 o ii' 15'; MSL 05, 046 o ii 29).

[in-sar]-⸢e⸣ = i-šaṭ-[ṭar] (MSL SS 1, 005 o 14'; BM 047733 o ii' 16'; MSL 05, 046 o ii 30).

[in-sar-e-meš] = ⸢i-šaṭ⸣-[ṭa-ru] (MSL SS 1, 005 o 15'; MSL 05, 046 o ii 31).

sar = ša-ṭa-rum (Moussaieff OB Aa r ii 22).

⸢sar⸣-ra-ab = šu-ṭu₂-ur (CUNES 47-12-032 o i 7').

sar = ša₂-ṭa-ri (CT 11, pl. 27, BM 093033 r i 8).

sar = [ša-ṭa-ru] (MSL 03, 094 ST r i 21).

bisaŋ[basket] im[clay] sar[write]

^gibisaŋ im sar-ra (HS 1817 o i 3).

^gipisaŋ im sar (OB Nippur Ura 2 61c).

^gibisaŋ im sar-ra = MIN<(pi-sa-an-nu)> [...] (RA 17, 174, K 15368+ o i 10').

bisaŋ[basket] sar[write]

^gipisaŋ sar-ra (OB Nippur Ura 2 53a).

dubsar[scribe] tur[small] sar[write]

dub-sar tur in-sar (MC 25, 481 b.e. 5).

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