zipah [UNIT] N (111x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian wr. zipaḫ₂; zipaḫ; zi-pa-aḫ; zipaḫₓ(ŠU.KAK); ^zi-^pa-^aḫzipaḫ; zipaḫₓ(ŠU₂.BAD); šu-paḫ "a unit of length, hand-span, half-cubit"

See zipah rah[measure]V/t, zipah rah[unmng]V/t.

[1]	𒋗𒁁	zipaḫ₂
[2]	𒈦	zipaḫ
[3]	𒍣𒉺𒄴	zi-pa-aḫ
[4]	𒋗𒆕𒋗𒆕	zipaḫₓ(ŠU.KAK)
[5]	𒍣𒉺𒄴𒈦	^zi-^pa-^aḫzipaḫ
[6]	𒋙𒁁𒋙𒁁	zipaḫₓ(ŠU₂.BAD)
[7]	𒋗𒈜	šu-paḫ

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]			76		20	2	2	2	1
[2]								4
[3]								2
[4]									1
[5]								1
[6]
[7]

9 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (76x/68%)

Old Akkadian (20x/18%)

Lagash II (2x/2%)

Ur III (2x/2%)

Old Babylonian (9x/8%)

Middle Babylonian (2x/2%)

Senses:

1. a unit of length, hand-span, half-cubit (111x/100%)

Akk. ūṭu.

Bibliography

[1992] P. Steinkeller and J.N. Postgate, LAT 89.

[1987] M. Civil, OrNS 56 240.

[1987-90] M.A. Powell, RlA 7 461.

zipah

(OB Nippur Ea 117).

zipahₓ(|ŠU.KAK|)

= x-x (KBo 26, 012 r 13').

Lexical Associations

ūṭu[span]N (// zipah[unit])

zipaḫ₂ = u₂-ṭu₃-um (OECT 04, 152 c ii 21).

ūṭānu[half-cubiter]N (// lu[person] zipah[unit])

lu₂ zipaḫ₂ = u₂-ṭa-nu-um (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.5, 6).

References for all phrases

zipah[unit]

zipaḫ (MSL 14, 022 Ev r? 3; OB Nippur Ea 117; PBS 05, 114 o i' 9'; MSL 14, 018 Bb o iii 32).

zipaḫ₂ = [...] [...] (KUB 03, 097 7').

zipaḫₓ(ŠU.KAK) = ⸢x⸣-[x] ⸢a⸣-[...] (KBo 26, 012 r 13').

zipaḫ₂ = u₂-ṭu₃-um (OECT 04, 152 c ii 21).

lu[person] zipah[unit]

lu₂ zipaḫ₂ = u₂-ṭa-nu-um (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.5, 6).

u[ride] zipah[unit] ma[ship]

⸢^ŋeš⸣u₅ zi-pa-aḫ ⸢ma₂⸣ (IB 1535+ r iii 18'; OB Nippur Ura 1 304).

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