sikil [PLANT] N (17x) Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, unknown wr. ^u₂sikil; ^u₂  ^si-^kilsikil "a medicinal plant"

[1]	𒌑𒂖	^u₂ sikil
[2]	𒌑𒋛𒆸𒂖	^u₂  ^si-^kilsikil

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]								2	12	2
[2]									1

2 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Old Babylonian (2x/12%)

Middle Assyrian (2x/12%)

Middle Babylonian (2x/12%)

Neo-Babylonian (9x/53%)

unknown (2x/12%)

Senses:

1. a medicinal plant (17x/100%)

Akk. sikillu.

Lexical Associations

maštakal[(an alkaline plant)]N (// sikil[plant])

[^u₂]sikil = MIN<(ma^?-al-ta-kal)> (Ashm 1924-1885 r? 11'; KADP 38 o ii 15').

^u₂sikil = MIN<(maš-ta-kal)> (Ura 17 Seg.3, 49).

sikillu[(a plant)]N (// sikil[plant])

^u₂sikil = si-[ki-lu] (Ura 17 Seg.3, 50; MSL SS 1, 008 r i' 11').

^u₂sikil = u₂-si-ki-lu (KADP 38 o ii 16').

References for all phrases

sikil[plant]

^u₂sikil (AlT 447 r iii 3, r iii 4; OB Nippur Ura 4 251; CUSAS 12, 3.4.1 b ii 30).

[^u₂]⸢sikil⸣ = ⸢MIN^?⸣ (MSL SS 1, 008 r i' 10').

⸢^u₂⸣sikil = ⸢MIN⸣<(...)> (MSL SS 1, 077 r 4'; MSL SS 1, 073 r i' 10', r i' 11'; AOAT 275, 385, BM 54201 r 7'; MSL SS 1, 076 r i' 3').

^u₂  ^si-^kil⸢sikil⸣ = [...] (AOAT 275, 385, BM 54201 r 6').