šika [SHERD] N (62x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic wr. šika; ^dugšika; šika^ši-^ik "sherd, potsherd, pot"

[1]	𒆷	šika
[2]	𒂁𒆷	^dug šika
[3]	𒆷𒅆𒅅	šika^ši-^ik

	ED IIIa	Ur III	OB	Post-OB
[1]	6	8	27	14
[2]				6
[3]				1

7 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (6x/10%)

Ur III (8x/13%)

Old Babylonian (27x/44%)

Neo-Assyrian (18x/29%)

Neo-Babylonian (2x/3%)

Hellenistic (1x/2%)

Senses:

1. sherd, potsherd, pot (62x/100%)

Akk. išhilṣu.

Bibliography

[2006] M. Jaques, Vocabulaire des sentiments 264 n546.

[1996] W. Sallaberger, MHEM 3 107.

šika

(OB Nippur Ea 180; Ea 03 183, 183a).

Lexical Associations

haṣbu[pottery]N (// šika[sherd])

šika = ḫa-aṣ-bu (Ea 03 183; CT 19, pl. 01, K 00055 o i' 17'; MSL 03, 094 ST r i 24).

išhilṣu[(pot)sherd]N (// šika[sherd])

šika = [iš-ḫi-il-ṣu] (Ea 03 183a).

makdādu[(a scraper)?]N (// šika[sherd] alura[baked])

[^dugšika al-ur₃]-⸢ra⸣ = ma-[ak-da-du] [...] (K 04411+ o ii 2''; RA 28, 129, K 04547+ o ii 2').

zû[excrement]N pahāru[potter]N (// šika[sherd] bahar[potter])

[šika] ⸢baḫar₂⸣ = ze-e pa-ḫa-ri (CT 19, pl. 01, K 00055 o i' 20').

zû[excrement]N x (// šika[sherd] bahar[potter])

^dugšika baḫar₂ = ze-[e ...] [...] (RA 28, 129, K 04547+ o ii 3').

[^dugšika] ⸢baḫar₂(DUG.QA.BUR)⸣ = ⸢ze⸣-[e ...] [...] (K 04411+ o ii 3'').

išhilṣu[(pot)sherd]N (// šika[sherd] kud[cut])

šika kud-da = iš-ḫi-il-ṣu (CT 19, pl. 01, K 00055 o i' 17a').

išhilṣu[(pot)sherd]N (// šika[sherd] tur[small])

⸢^dugšika tur-ra⸣ = ⸢iš⸣-[ḫi-il-ṣu] [...] (RA 28, 129, K 04547+ o ii 1').

išhilṣu[(pot)sherd]N (// šika[sherd] x-sa)

[šika ...]-sa = MIN<(iš-ḫi-il-ṣu)> (CT 19, pl. 01, K 00055 o i' 18').

makdādu[(a scraper)?]N (// šika[sherd] x-sa)

[šika ...]-sa = ma-ak-da-du (CT 19, pl. 01, K 00055 o i' 19').

References for all phrases

šika[sherd]

šika (MSL 14, 023 Fv o 7'; MSL 14, 023 Fl r ii' 1'; OB Nippur Ea 180; CUSAS 12, 3.2.01 r iv 28; BE 20, 37 o i 5'; MSL 14, 029 La iv' 8'; MSL 14, 018 Bb o v 17).

⸢šika^!⸣^ši-^ik = [...] (AOAT 275, 582, BM 071723 o 9').

šika = ḫa-aṣ-bu (Ea 03 183; CT 19, pl. 01, K 00055 o i' 17'; MSL 03, 094 ST r i 24).

šika = [iš-ḫi-il-ṣu] (Ea 03 183a).

šika[sherd] alura[baked]

[^dugšika al-ur₃]-⸢ra⸣ = ma-[ak-da-du] [...] (K 04411+ o ii 2''; RA 28, 129, K 04547+ o ii 2').

šika[sherd] bahar[potter]

[^dugšika] ⸢baḫar₂⸣ = [...] [...] (Sm 1106 i' 2').

[šika] ⸢baḫar₂⸣ = ze-e pa-ḫa-ri (CT 19, pl. 01, K 00055 o i' 20').

^dugšika baḫar₂ = ze-[e ...] [...] (RA 28, 129, K 04547+ o ii 3').

[^dugšika] ⸢baḫar₂(DUG.QA.BUR)⸣ = ⸢ze⸣-[e ...] [...] (K 04411+ o ii 3'').

šika[sherd] kud[cut]

šika^! kud^!-[da^?] = [...] (AOAT 275, 582, BM 071723 o 10').

šika kud-da = iš-ḫi-il-ṣu (CT 19, pl. 01, K 00055 o i' 17a').

šika[sherd] tur[small]