ziz [INSECT] N (46x) Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic wr. ziz; ziz₃; za-az; zi-zi; ziz₄; zig-zig; za-az-za "an insect, moth"

[1]	𒁁	ziz
[2]	𒄮	ziz₃
[3]	𒍝𒊍	za-az
[4]	𒍣𒍣	zi-zi
[5]	𒄓	ziz₄
[6]	𒍨𒍨	zig-zig
[7]	𒍝𒊍𒍝	za-az-za

	OAkk	OB	Post-OB
[1]		18	7
[2]	3	5
[3]		4
[4]			3
[5]			3
[6]			2
[7]		1

7 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Old Akkadian (3x/7%)

Old Babylonian (28x/61%)

Middle Assyrian (1x/2%)

Middle Babylonian (2x/4%)

Neo-Assyrian (10x/22%)

Neo-Babylonian (1x/2%)

Hellenistic (1x/2%)

Senses:

1. an insect, moth (46x/100%)

Akk. sāsu; ākilu.

Bibliography

[2002] A. Cavigneaux and F. Al-Rawi, ZA 92 43.

ziz

= sāsu (RA 028, 141 o i' 3).

= sāsu (Ea 02 75; OB Nippur Ea 104; OB Nippur Aa 104:1; CT 11, pl. 44, K 14422 o i 3).

ziz₃

(OB Nippur Ea 370).

ziz₄

= sāsu (Ea 04 204).

Lexical Associations

sāsu[moth]N (// ziz[insect])

ziz = sa-a-su (Ea 02 75; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 o i 69; RA 028, 141 o i' 3; CT 11, pl. 44, K 14422 o i 3).

ziz = sa₃-a-sum₂ (MSL 14, 87 A o v 10).

ziz₄ = sa-a-su (AJSL 33, 170-171 r i 37; Ea 04 204).

ākilu[eater]N (// ziz[insect])

zig-zig = MIN<(a-ki-lum)> (CT 14, pl. 01-02, K 00071a r ii 6; Ura 14 287).

šassūru[womb]N (// ziz[insect] peš[thick])

zi-zi peš-a = ša₂-⸢as⸣-su^!-ru (CT 14, pl. 01-02, K 00071a r ii 14; Ura 14 295; LTBA 1, 46 r ii 8).

sāsu[moth]N (// nir[stone] ziz[insect])

nir₂ ziz = ⸢sa⸣-[a-su] (Emar 6/2, p. 501, Msk 74203e o ii 37').

⸢^na₄⸣nir₂ ziz = sāsu (Ura 16 Seg.2, 7).

References for all phrases

ziz[insect]

za-az (MSL 11, A 07895 x 25).

za-az-za (MSL 11, A 07895 x 26).

ziz (MSL 14, 022 Er o i 2'; OB Nippur Ea 104; MSL 14, 029 Kz o ii' 1'; MSL 14, 022 Ep r? 2'; MSL 14, 029 Kx o iii 24; MSL 14, 019 Bn r iii 15'; MSL 14, 022 Ej o? 9'; MSL 14, 021 Dk r ii' 7'; MSL 11, 111 M r ii' 6'; PBS 05, 120 r ii' 6'; MSL 14, 018 Bb o iii 19; MSL 14, 022 Eq r 4').

ziz = sa₃-a-sum₂ (OB Nippur Aa 104:1; MSL 14, 122-127 09 702).

ziz₃ (OB Nippur Ea 370; MSL 14, 029 Kx r ii' 24'; MSL 14, 29 Lb b iii 18'; MSL 14, 025 Hj o i 6'; MSL 14, 018 Bb r iii 12).

ziz₄ = [...] (SpTU 1, 121 o 10').

ziz = sa-a-su (Ea 02 75; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 o i 69; RA 028, 141 o i' 3; CT 11, pl. 44, K 14422 o i 3).

ziz = sa₃-a-sum₂ (MSL 14, 87 A o v 10).

ziz₄ = sa-a-su (AJSL 33, 170-171 r i 37; Ea 04 204).

zig-zig = MIN<(a-ki-lum)> (CT 14, pl. 01-02, K 00071a r ii 6; Ura 14 287).

ziz[insect] peš[thick]

zi-zi peš-a = ša₂-⸢as⸣-su^!-ru (CT 14, pl. 01-02, K 00071a r ii 14; Ura 14 295; LTBA 1, 46 r ii 8).

nir[stone] ziz[insect]

⸢^na₄⸣nir₂ ziz (AlT 447 ii 31; OB Nippur Ura 4 54).

^na₄nir₇ ziz (CBS 4608 + o ii 7).