šumme [SAW] N (93x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian wr. ^urudšum; šum; šum^urud; ^urudšum-me; šum-me; šum-me^zabar "saw; sickle"

[1]	𒍏𒋳	^urud šum
[2]	𒋳	šum
[3]	𒋳𒍏	šum ^urud
[4]	𒍏𒋳𒈨	^urudšum-me
[5]	𒋳𒈨	šum-me
[6]	𒋳𒈨𒌓𒅗𒁇	šum-me^zabar

	ED IIIb	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB
[1]	4	20		8	1	1
[2]	10	12		4
[3]	6	17	1
[4]					5
[5]					2	1
[6]					1

7 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (20x/22%)

Old Akkadian (49x/53%)

Lagash II (1x/1%)

Ur III (12x/13%)

Old Babylonian (9x/10%)

Middle Babylonian (1x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (1x/1%)

Senses:

1. saw (93x/100%)

2. sickle

Akk. šaššāru [saw].

Bibliography

[1998] J. Bauer, Vorsargonische Abschnitt 548.

[1994] M. Civil, Farmer's Instructions 90.

[1989-1990] J. Bauer, AfO 36-37 85.

Lexical Associations

šaššāru[a saw]N (// šumme[saw])

^urudšum-me = ša-ša-ru (BM 085983 r i 7).

naptētu[key]N (// šumme[saw] tur[small])

[^urudšum] tur-tur = nap-te-e-tu₂ (K 08676 r ii 12').

^urudšum-me tur = ⸢ne⸣-ep-te-tum (BM 085983 r i 8).

References for all phrases

AN šumme[saw]

AN šum (ED Metals 118).

AN šumme[saw] kug[metal]

AN šum kug (ED Metals 120).

AN šumme[saw] kugbabbar[silver]

AN šum kug-babbar (ED Metals 124).

AN šumme[saw] kugsig[gold]

AN šum kug-sig₁₇ (ED Metals 122).

šumme[saw]

šum (ED Metals 117).

šum-me^zabar (OB Nippur Ura 2 553).

^urudšum-me = ša-ša-ru (BM 085983 r i 7).

šumme[saw] kug[metal]

šum kug (ED Metals 119).

šumme[saw] kugbabbar[silver]

šum kug-babbar (ED Metals 123).

šumme[saw] tur[small]

šum-me tur^zabar (OB Nippur Ura 2 554; AlT 445 r ii 13').