šagiagal [CUP-BEARER] N (40x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian wr. šagia-gal; gal-šagia; GAL-ŠU; sagi-a-gal; šagia(SILA₃.ŠU)-gal "chief cup-bearer"

[1]	𒋡𒋗𒃮𒃲	šagia-gal
[2]	𒃲𒋡𒋗𒃮	gal-šagia
[3]	𒃲𒋗	GAL-ŠU
[4]	𒋡𒋗𒃮𒀀𒃲	sagi-a-gal
[5]	𒋡𒋗𒋡𒋗𒃲	šagia(SILA₃.ŠU)-gal

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		2	4		12		11	1
[2]		7
[3]		1
[4]								1
[5]		1

5 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (11x/28%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (4x/10%)

Old Akkadian (12x/30%)

Ur III (11x/28%)

Old Babylonian (2x/5%)

Senses:

1. chief cup-bearer (40x/100%)

Bibliography

[1994] F. Pomponio and G. Visicato, ED Šuruppak 121 n39.

References for all phrases

šagiagal[cup-bearer]

sagi-a-gal (OB Nippur Lu 119).

⸢sagi⸣-gal (IB 1514 o iii 28').

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