šita [WEAPON] N (89x) Early Dynastic I-II, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic wr. šita₂; šita; ^ŋeššita₂; ^ŋeššita; šita₃; ^ši-^tišita; ^ŋeššita₄; ^ŋeššitaₓ(NI); šita₄; šita₄^ku₆; šitaₓ(KAK.GIŠ); ^ŋeššitaₓ(KAK.GIŠ) "a weapon; a fish"

[1]	𒋖𒄑	šita₂
[2]	𒋖	šita
[3]	𒄑𒋖𒄑	^ŋeš šita₂
[4]	𒄑𒋖	^ŋeš šita
[5]	𒋥	šita₃
[6]	𒅆𒋾𒋖	^ši-^tišita
[7]	𒄑𒌋𒆤	^ŋeš šita₄
[8]	𒄑𒉌	^ŋeššitaₓ(NI)
[9]	𒌋𒆤	šita₄
[10]	𒌋𒆤𒄩	šita₄ ^ku₆
[11]	𒆕𒄑𒆕𒄑	šitaₓ(KAK.GIŠ)
[12]	𒄑𒆕𒄑𒆕𒄑	^ŋeššitaₓ(KAK.GIŠ)

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]	1		3		1	19	3	30	2
[2]			1			1		10
[3]								3	3
[4]									4
[5]								2
[6]									1
[7]								1
[8]									1
[9]			1
[10]									1
[11]						1
[12]

17 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic I-II (1x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (5x/6%)

Old Akkadian (1x/1%)

Lagash II (21x/24%)

Ur III (3x/3%)

Old Babylonian (46x/52%)

Middle Assyrian (3x/3%)

Neo-Assyrian (7x/8%)

Neo-Babylonian (1x/1%)

Hellenistic (1x/1%)

Senses:

1. a weapon (88x/99%)

2. a fish (1x/1%)

Akk. kakku.

Bibliography

[1995] P. Steinkeller, BiOr 52 700.

{ŋeš}šita₂

= iṣ pišri (MAOG 3/3 47-55 r ii 18').

= x (CT 11, pl. 43, Rm 0600 r i' 5').

= kakku (MAOG 3/3 47-55 r i 39').

šita

(Ebla Sign List 1).

šita₂

= šarrū (Ea 02 36).

Lexical Associations

iṣu[tree]N pišru[release]N (// šita[weapon])

^ŋeššita₂^! = GIŠ pi-iš-ri (MAOG 3/3 47-55 r ii 18').

kakku[stick]N (// šita[weapon])

^ŋeššita₂ = kak-ku (MAOG 3/3 47-55 r i 39').

šarru[king]N (// šita[weapon])

[^ši]-^tišita = šar-[ru] (SpTU 1, 125 o i 8').

šita₂ = šar-ru (Ea 02 36; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 o i 35).

darku[following one]N (// lu[person] šita[weapon])

lu₂ šita₂ = de-er-ku-⸢um⸣ (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.12, 4).

References for all phrases

šita[weapon]

^ŋeššita₂ = [...] (CT 11, pl. 43, Rm 0600 r i' 5').

šita (Ebla Sign List 1).

šita₂ (OB Nippur Izi Tab.II, 264; MSL 13, 40 B r i 15').

šita₄^ku₆ = ⸢x⸣-[...] [...] (LTBA 1, 86 r i 23).

^ŋeššita₂^! = GIŠ pi-iš-ri (MAOG 3/3 47-55 r ii 18').

^ŋeššita₂ = kak-ku (MAOG 3/3 47-55 r i 39').

[^ši]-^tišita = šar-[ru] (SpTU 1, 125 o i 8').

šita₂ = šar-ru (Ea 02 36; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 o i 35).

šita[weapon] ma[ship]

^ŋeššita₄^!(U.E₂) ma₂ (CUSAS 12, 3.1.1 c ii 43).

šita[weapon] saŋ[head] ninnu[fifty]

šita₂ saŋ ninnu (OB Nippur Izi Tab.II, 265; MSL 13, 40 B r i 16').

lu[person] šita[weapon]

lu₂ šita₂ = de-er-ku-⸢um⸣ (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.12, 4).

Word ID: o0039486; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0039486; version 2.7.2 (built 2024-08-31)