šuba [STONE] N (171x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic wr. ^na₄šuba; šuba; šuba₃; šuba₂; ^na₄šuba₂; ^na₄šuba₃; šuba^ba; šuba^bi; šuba^ki; šuba₂.X-.X; zu-bi; šuba₄; šubaₓ(MUŠ); šubaₓ(LAM.SAG); šubaₓ(MUŠ.ŠA) "a precious stone; cowry or conch shell"

[1]	𒎎𒍝𒈽	^na₄ šuba
[2]	𒍝𒈽	šuba
[3]	𒈹𒍝	šuba₃
[4]	𒍝𒈹	šuba₂
[5]	𒎎𒍝𒈹	^na₄ šuba₂
[6]	𒎎𒈹𒍝	^na₄ šuba₃
[7]	𒍝𒈽𒁀	šuba ^ba
[8]	𒍝𒈽𒁉	šuba ^bi
[9]	𒍝𒈽𒆠	šuba ^ki
[10]	𒍝𒈹XX	šuba₂.X-.X
[11]	𒍪𒁉	zu-bi
[12]	𒈹	šuba₄
[13]	𒈲	šubaₓ(MUŠ)
[14]	𒇴𒊕𒇴𒊕	šubaₓ(LAM.SAG)
[15]	𒈲𒊭𒈲𒊭	šubaₓ(MUŠ.ŠA)

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]								43	4
[2]			1				1	29	14
[3]					2		39	2
[4]								18
[5]								7
[6]							7
[7]								1
[8]								1
[9]									1
[10]								1
[11]
[12]
[13]
[14]
[15]

19 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (1x/1%)

Old Akkadian (2x/1%)

Ur III (47x/27%)

Old Babylonian (102x/60%)

Middle Babylonian (6x/4%)

Neo-Assyrian (6x/4%)

Neo-Babylonian (2x/1%)

Hellenistic (5x/3%)

Senses:

1. a precious stone (150x/88%)

2. cowry or conch shell (21x/12%)

Akk. šubû.

Bibliography

[2008] Anais Schuster-Brandis, AOAT 46 446.

[2000] G. Marchesi, St Cagni 678-679.

[1989] P. Steinkeller, SDU 202.

[1982] M. Civil, OA 21 19.

Lexical Associations

Urukayu[Urukean]EN (// šuba[stone])

šuba^ki = u₂-ru-uk-u₂ (TCL 06, 35 o i 19).

šubû[(a semiprecious stone)]N (// šuba[stone])

[^na₄]šuba = ⸢šu⸣-bu-u (RA 13, 190-191, K 02055 r ii 1).

šuba = šu-bu-[u₂-um] (OECT 04, 152 b ii 1).

šuba₂ = ša^?-bu-u₂-um (MSL 15, 008 C r 7').

šuba₂ = šu^!-bu-u₂-um (OB Nippur Diri 252).

yānibu[(a stone)]N (// šuba[stone] Unug[1])

[^na₄]⸢šuba⸣ unug^ki = a-a-ni-bu (RA 13, 190-191, K 02055 r ii 2).

kibaltu[(a kind of semiprecious stone)]N (// šuba[stone] Unug[1] gal[big])

[^na₄]⸢šuba⸣ unug^ki gal = ki-bal-tum (RA 13, 190-191, K 02055 r ii 3).

References for all phrases

šuba[stone]

[^na₄]⸢šuba⸣ (AlT 447 ii 48; CUSAS 12, 3.4.1 a ii 17; MSL 10, 062 a ii 5).

^na₄šuba₂(ZA.MUŠ₃) (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 a ii 8; OB Nippur Ura 4 65).

šuba^ki = u₂-ru-uk-u₂ (TCL 06, 35 o i 19).

[^na₄]šuba = ⸢šu⸣-bu-u (RA 13, 190-191, K 02055 r ii 1).

šuba = šu-bu-[u₂-um] (OECT 04, 152 b ii 1).

šuba₂ = ša^?-bu-u₂-um (MSL 15, 008 C r 7').

šuba₂ = šu^!-bu-u₂-um (OB Nippur Diri 252).

šuba[stone] Unug[1]

[^na₄]⸢šuba⸣ unug^ki = a-a-ni-bu (RA 13, 190-191, K 02055 r ii 2).

šuba[stone] Unug[1] gal[big]

[^na₄]⸢šuba⸣ unug^ki gal = ki-bal-tum (RA 13, 190-191, K 02055 r ii 3).

šuba[stone] a[arm] gab[left]

^na₄šuba a₂ gab₂ (MSL 10, 062 a ii 7).

[^na₄šuba a₂] gab₂-ba (MSL SS 1, 100 o i 4').

^na₄šuba a₂ gab₂-bu (OB Nippur Ura 4 70).

^na₄šuba₂ a₂ gab₂-ba (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 a ii 12).

MIN<([šuba])> a₂ [gab₂-ba] = [...] (Emar 6/2, p. 501, Msk 74203e o iii 3').

šuba[stone] a[arm] zid[right]

^na₄šuba a₂ zid-da (OB Nippur Ura 4 69; MSL SS 1, 100 o i 3'; MSL 10, 062 a ii 6).

⸢^na₄⸣šuba₂ a₂ zid-da (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 a ii 11).

MIN<([šuba])> ⸢a₂⸣ [zid-da] = [...] (Emar 6/2, p. 501, Msk 74203e o iii 2').

šuba[stone] gal[big]

^na₄šuba gal (OB Nippur Ura 4 66).

^na₄šuba₂ ⸢gal⸣ (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 a ii 9).

šuba[stone] gin[firm]

[^na₄]⸢šuba⸣ gi-na (MSL 10, 062 a ii 9).

šuba[stone] gunu[speckled]

^na₄šuba gun₃-a (OB Nippur Ura 4 68; MSL SS 1, 100 o i 2').

šuba[stone] su[red]

[^na₄]⸢šuba⸣ su₄ (MSL SS 1, 100 o i 1').

šuba[stone] tur[small]

^na₄šuba tur (OB Nippur Ura 4 67).

^na₄šuba₂ tur (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 a ii 10).

šuba[stone] x

^na₄šuba [...] (CUSAS 12, 3.4.1 a ii 18, a ii 19).

MIN<([šuba])> [...] = [...] (Emar 6/2, p. 501, Msk 74203e o iii 1').

šuba[stone] x-RI-RI

^na₄šuba [x]-RI-RI (MSL 10, 062 a ii 8).

ellaŋ[bead] šuba[stone]

ellaŋ₂ ⸢šuba⸣ = [...] (Emar 6/2, p. 501, Msk 74203e o iii 6').

^na₄ellaŋ₂ šuba₂ (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 a ii 15).

ki[place] šuba[stone]

ki šuba (ED Word List F 128).

kišib[seal] šuba[stone]

kišib [šuba] = [...] (Emar 6/2, p. 501, Msk 74203e o iii 4').

^na₄kišib šuba₂ (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 a ii 13).

lagab[block] šuba[stone]

^na₄lagab šuba₂ (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 a ii 14).

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