šen [PURE] V/i (68x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, unknown wr. šen; šen-šen; še-na "(to be) pure, clear; to purify"

[1]	𒊿	šen
[2]	𒊿𒊿	šen-šen
[3]	𒊺𒈾	še-na
+	--ga=g.a (1x/1%); --na=n.a (25x/37%); --nam=n.a (1x/1%).

	ED IIIb	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]	1	41	3	1
[2]		8	6
[3]		6		2

23 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (1x/1%)

Old Babylonian (55x/81%)

Middle Assyrian (1x/1%)

Middle Babylonian (2x/3%)

Neo-Assyrian (3x/4%)

Neo-Babylonian (3x/4%)

unknown (3x/4%)

Verbal prefixes: V.b ; ha.V.na ; mu.ra.b .

Senses:

1. (to be) pure, clear (68x/100%)

2. to purify [V/t]

Akk. ellu.

šen

= ellu (Ea 02 317; OB Nippur Aa 150:3, 150:4; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 r ii 67).

Lexical Associations

ebbu[bright]AJ (// šen[pure])

šen = e-eb-bu-um (MSL 14, 87 A r ii 26').

ellu[pure]AJ (// šen[pure])

šen = el-lu (Ea 02 317; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 r ii 67).

šen = el-lum (MSL 14, 87 A r ii 25').

qištu[forest]N ebbu[bright]AJ (// tir[forest] šen[pure])

⸢^ŋeš⸣tir šen-šen-⸢na⸣ = ⸢MIN⸣<(qiš-tu₂)> ⸢eb⸣-bi-ti (MSL SS 1, 015 r ii' 8).

^ŋeštir šen-šen-na = MIN<(qiš-tu₂)> eb-bi-tum (Rm 0367+ r ii 14).

[^ŋeš]tir šen-šen-na = MIN<(qiš-tum)> eb-bi-tum (Iraq 06, 63 o i 8').

References for all phrases

šen[pure]

šen = e-eb-bu-um (OB Nippur Aa 150:4).

šen = el-lum (OB Nippur Aa 150:3).

šen = e-eb-bu-um (MSL 14, 87 A r ii 26').

šen = el-lu (Ea 02 317; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 r ii 67).

šen = el-lum (MSL 14, 87 A r ii 25').

a[water] šen[pure]

a šen-na (BM 023330 o ii 3).

tir[forest] ŋeš[tree] šen[pure]

^ŋeštir ŋeš ⸢šen^?-šen^?-na^?⸣ (Syria 12, pl. 46-47, 03 + pl. 47, 04 o ii 25).

tir[forest] šen[pure]

[^ŋeštir šen^?]-⸢šen^?⸣-na (Emar 6/1, p. 105-109, Msk 731030 o ii 44).

^ŋeštir ⸢šen⸣-[šen-na] = [...] (MSL SS 1, 008 o ii' 27').