šaŋanla [TRADER] N (31x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Persian, unknown wr. šaŋan-la₂; ^ŋeššaŋan-la₂; šaŋan; šaŋan-la "a trader"

[1]	𒌋𒃶𒇲	šaŋan-la₂
[2]	𒄑𒌋𒃶𒇲	^ŋeššaŋan-la₂
[3]	𒌋𒃶	šaŋan
[4]	𒌋𒃶𒆷	šaŋan-la

	ED IIIa	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		9	12	2	4
[2]			2
[3]	1
[4]				1

14 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (1x/3%)

Ur III (9x/29%)

Old Babylonian (14x/45%)

Middle Babylonian (1x/3%)

Neo-Assyrian (1x/3%)

Persian (1x/3%)

unknown (4x/13%)

Senses:

1. a trader (31x/100%)

Akk. šamallû.

Bibliography

[2007] Alster CUSAS 2: 78-9

Lexical Associations

šamallû[purse-bearer]N (// šaŋanla[trader])

šaŋan^!-la^! = ša-ma-al-lu-u (MB Ura 02 Seg.2, 29).

[šaŋan]-la₂ = ŠU<(šamallû)>^u (K 04342 o i 5'; MSL SS 1, p. 060 catalogue 1924-1855 o i' 3'; Iraq 06, 33 o 5).

References for all phrases

šaŋanla[trader]

^ŋeššaŋan-la₂ (OB Nippur Ura 1 684; MSL SS 1 96 d i 4').

šaŋan-la₂ (OB Nippur Lu 105, 695a).

⸢šaŋan^?⸣-la₂ = [...] (MSL SS 1, p. 060 catalogue 1924-1907 o 2').