šeg [BRICK] N (1283x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. šeg₁₂; ^na₄šeg₁₂; šeg₁₂-šeg₁₂; si; sig₁₀; ^še-^egšeg₁₂; šeg₁₂-ga-lu-ra "brick, mudbrick; block (of salt); brickwork"

See šeg alura[brick]N, šeg tab[build with brick]V/t, šeg ukurum[brick]N, šeg zarin[brick]N.

[1]	𒋞	šeg₁₂
[2]	𒎎𒋞	^na₄ šeg₁₂
[3]	𒋞𒋞	šeg₁₂-šeg₁₂
[4]	𒋛	si
[5]	𒋧	sig₁₀
[6]	𒊺𒅅𒋞	^še-^egšeg₁₂
[7]	𒋞𒂵𒇻𒊏	šeg₁₂-ga-lu-ra
+	--ga=g.a (13x/1%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		2	24		101	37	840	241	25	4
[2]									3
[3]								2
[4]									1
[5]								1
[6]								1
[7]							1

31 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (2x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (24x/2%)

Old Akkadian (101x/8%)

Lagash II (37x/3%)

Ur III (841x/66%)

Old Babylonian (245x/19%)

Middle Babylonian (11x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (13x/1%)

Neo-Babylonian (4x/0%)

Hellenistic (1x/0%)

unknown (4x/0%)

Senses:

1. brick, mudbrick (1267x/99%)

2. block (of salt) (16x/1%)

3. brickwork

Akk. libittu.

Bibliography

[2009] W. Heimpel, Workers 191-6.

[2005/6] A. George, AfO 51 80.

[1999] M. Civil and G. Rubio, OrNS 68 255.

[1998] J. Bauer, Vorsargonische Abschnitt 556-7.

sig₄

= libittum (Ea 05 19).

(OB Nippur Ea 351a).

Lexical Associations

libittu[mudbrick]N (// šeg[brick])

sig₄ = ⸢li⸣-bit-tum (Ea 05 19).

šeg₁₂ = li-bit-tu (MSL 03, 094 ST r i 32).

libittu[mudbrick]N x $HU x (// šeg[brick] ŋar[place])

šeg₁₂ ub-ŋar = li-⸢ib⸣-[na-ti ...] ḪU [...] (RA 070, 141 r 11).

libittu[mudbrick]N x (// šeg[brick] šurum[litter] gud[ox])

si^! šurum gud = la-bit-[tu₂ (...)] (BM 036576 o 2).

kiskirru[(a wooden board)]N libittu[mudbrick]N (// dur[board] šeg[brick])

dur₂ šeg₁₂-ga = MIN<(ki-iš-kar₃-rum)> li-⸢bi⸣-[ti] (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a o iv 13).

lābinu[brick-maker]N libittu[mudbrick]N (// lu[person] šeg[brick] du[spread])

⸢lu₂⸣ [šeg₁₂] ⸢du₈-du₈⸣ = la-bi-in ⸢li⸣-bit-tu₂ (MSL 05, 046 r iii 49).

nalbattu[brick mould]N libittu[mudbrick]N (// ušub[brick-mold] šeg[brick])

⸢u₃⸣-šub šeg₁₂ = MIN<(la-al-ba-at-tum)> li-bi-ti (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a o iii 61').

References for all phrases

šeg[brick]

sig₄ (OB Nippur Ea 351a; MSL 14, 29 Lb b iii 2').

^še-^egšeg₁₂ (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 274).

šeg₁₂ (CUNES 51-07-095 o 1, r 1; CUNES 51-07-088 o 1, r 1; CUSAS 12, 3.2.01 r iv 18; IM 070209 r i 4).

šeg₁₂-šeg₁₂ (CUNES 51-07-088 o 3, r 3).

sig₄ = ⸢li⸣-bit-tum (Ea 05 19).

šeg₁₂ = li-bit-tu (MSL 03, 094 ST r i 32).

šeg[brick] anše[equid]

[šeg₁₂] anše (IM 070209 r i 9).

šeg[brick] dal[line] ŋar[place]

šeg₁₂ dal-še₃ ŋar-ra (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 289b).

šeg[brick] didila[smaller]

⸢šeg₁₂⸣ di₄-di₄ (IM 070209 r i 8).

šeg[brick] dili[single]

šeg₁₂ dili (CUSAS 12, 3.2.01 r iv 22).

šeg[brick] dub[tremble]

šeg₁₂ dub₂-ba (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 287).

šeg[brick] gag[nail] ŋar[place]

šeg₁₂ gag-še₃ ŋar-ra (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 289a).

šeg[brick] gal[big]

⸢šeg₁₂⸣ gu-la (IM 070209 r i 7).

šeg[brick] gid[long]

⸢šeg₁₂⸣ gid₂^!-da (IM 070209 r i 6).

šeg[brick] gub[stand]

šeg₁₂ gub-ba (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 284a).

šeg[brick] im[clay] UR₄ LA

šeg₁₂ im-bi UR₄ LA (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 289c).

šeg[brick] izi[fire] ur[bake]

šeg₁₂ izi ur₃-ra (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 276).

šeg[brick] mun[salt]

šeg₁₂ mun (MSL 11, A 07895 vii 8).

šeg[brick] naŋa[potash]

šeg₁₂ [naŋa] (MSL 11, A 07895 vii 4; SLT 015 d iii 1).

šeg[brick] tehi[approach]

šeg₁₂ teḫi₂ (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 284).

šeg[brick] tehi[approach] bad[wall]

šeg₁₂ teḫi₂ bad₃-da (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 285).

šeg[brick] tug[textile]

šeg₁₂ tug₂-ga (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 288).

šeg[brick] tum[suitable]

šeg₁₂ tum₂-ma (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 286).

šeg[brick] ur[bake]

šeg₁₂ ⸢ur₃⸣-ra (CUNES 51-07-088 o 2, r 2).

šeg[brick] x

šeg₁₂ [...] = [...] (MSL 05, 046 r iii 18).

šeg[brick] zid[right]

šeg₁₂ zid (CUSAS 12, 3.2.01 r iv 23).

šeg[brick] zid[right] dalbana[space]

šeg₁₂ zid dal-ba-na (CUSAS 12, 3.2.01 r iv 24).

šeg[brick] ŋar[place]

šeg₁₂ ub-ŋar = li-⸢ib⸣-[na-ti ...] ḪU [...] (RA 070, 141 r 11).

šeg[brick] šurum[litter] gud[ox]

šeg₁₂ šurum gud (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 289).

si^! šurum gud = la-bit-[tu₂ (...)] (BM 036576 o 2).

dur[board] šeg[brick]

^ŋešdur₂ šeg₁₂ (OB Nippur Ura 1 511; CUSAS 12, 3.1.1 c i 25; MSL SS 1 96 c i 44').

dur₂ šeg₁₂-ga = MIN<(ki-iš-kar₃-rum)> li-⸢bi⸣-[ti] (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a o iv 13).

lu[person] šeg[brick] du[spread]

⸢lu₂⸣ [šeg₁₂] ⸢du₈-du₈⸣ = la-bi-in ⸢li⸣-bit-tu₂ (MSL 05, 046 r iii 49).

ušub[brick-mold] šeg[brick]

^ŋešu₃-šub sig₄ (Education in the Earliest Schools no. 019 r v 25).

^ŋešu₃-šub šeg₁₂ (UET 6, 0677 + 0678 + UET 7, 087 + 091 r iii 38'; TCVC 782 r i 12; OB Nippur Ura 1 485; CUSAS 12, 3.1.1 b iii 42; MSL SS 1 96 c i 40'; IB 1512c + o iv 26).

⸢u₃⸣-šub šeg₁₂ = MIN<(la-al-ba-at-tum)> li-bi-ti (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a o iii 61').

ušub[brick-mold] šeg[brick] ur[bake]

^ŋešu₃-šub sig₄ ur₃-ra (Education in the Earliest Schools no. 019 r v 26).

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