šita [PRAYER] N (23x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian, Persian wr. šita; šitaₓ(GA₂.SILA₃) "prayer"

[1]	𒋖	šita
[2]	𒂷𒋡𒂷𒋡	šitaₓ(GA₂.SILA₃)

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		1	1		1			15	3
[2]									2

5 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (1x/4%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (1x/4%)

Old Akkadian (1x/4%)

Old Babylonian (15x/65%)

Middle Assyrian (1x/4%)

Neo-Assyrian (3x/13%)

Persian (1x/4%)

Senses:

1. prayer (23x/100%)

Akk. riksu.

šita

= riksu (Ea 02 33).

Lexical Associations

ikribu[prayer]N (// šita[prayer])

šitaₓ(GA₂.SILA₃) = ⸢ik⸣-ri-bi (CT 11, pl. 27, BM 093033 o ii 19').

šitaₓ(GA₂.SILA₃) = ik-ri-[bu] (MSL 03, 094 ST o i 41').

riksu[binding]N (// šita[prayer])

šita = ri-ik-su (Ea 02 33; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 o i 32).

References for all phrases

šita[prayer]