šešgal [RELATION] N (295x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, unknown wr. šeš-gal; ^u₂šeš-gal; si-iš-ga-la; šeš-gal-šeš-gal; ^lu₂šeš-gal "a kinship term, relation; a foreman; a plant; supervisor"

[1]	𒋀𒃲	šeš-gal
[2]	𒌑𒋀𒃲	^u₂šeš-gal
[3]	𒋛𒅖𒂵𒆷	si-iš-ga-la
[4]	𒋀𒃲𒋀𒃲	šeš-gal-šeš-gal
[5]	𒇽𒋀𒃲	^lu₂šeš-gal
+	--la=l.a (9x/3%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		3	3		18	1	177	83	3	1
[2]									3	1
[3]							1
[4]								1
[5]

28 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (3x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (3x/1%)

Old Akkadian (18x/6%)

Lagash II (1x/0%)

Ur III (178x/60%)

Old Babylonian (84x/28%)

Middle Babylonian (2x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (4x/1%)

unknown (2x/1%)

Senses:

1. a kinship term, relation (272x/92%)

2. a foreman (4x/1%)

3. a plant (4x/1%)

4. supervisor (15x/5%)

Bibliography

[1995] G. Visicato, Bureaucracy of Šuruppak 71 n25.

[1976] K. Maekawa, RA 70 16.

Lexical Associations

lardu[(a grass)]N (// šešgal[relation])

⸢^u₂⸣šeš^?-gal = [la-ar]-⸢du⸣ (MSL 10, 081 S16 o i 14'; Ura 17 Seg.1, 38; CT 14, pl. 38, Sm 0008+ o i 3').

References for all phrases

šešgal[relation]

[^u₂]⸢šeš⸣-[gal] = [...] (CBS 11889 o i frg.1 3').

šeš-gal (Emar 6/1, p. 127, Msk 731046 o iii 14; OB Nippur Lu 346; IB 1514 o vii 1).

⸢^u₂⸣šeš^?-gal = [la-ar]-⸢du⸣ (MSL 10, 081 S16 o i 14'; Ura 17 Seg.1, 38; CT 14, pl. 38, Sm 0008+ o i 3').

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