an [SKY] N (6018x) Early Dynastic I-II, Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Ebla, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, Uncertain, unknown wr. an; a; an-na; ^ŋešan; a-na; an-an; na; ra-na; an-na-an; an-na-an-na; an-na^mušen; an-x; na-na "sky, heaven; upper; crown (of a tree), foliage, ear (of barley etc.); above"

See an.eše e[die]V/i, ana e[die]V/i.

[1]	𒀭	an
[2]	𒀀	a
[3]	𒀭𒈾	an-na
[4]	𒄑𒀭	^ŋešan
[5]	𒀀𒈾	a-na
[6]	𒀭𒀭	an-an
[7]	𒈾	na
[8]	𒊏𒈾	ra-na
[9]	𒀭𒈾𒀭	an-na-an
[10]	𒀭𒈾𒀭𒈾	an-na-an-na
[11]	𒀭𒈾𒄷	an-na^mušen
[12]	𒀭x	an-x
[13]	𒈾𒈾	na-na
+	--na=n.a (1232x/20%); --ne₂=n.e (135x/2%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]	1	23	60	10	10	66	3135	2062	563	49
[2]								4	3	3
[3]								6		1
[4]								3	2
[5]									4
[6]								3
[7]								3
[8]								2
[9]								1
[10]									1
[11]								1
[12]									1
[13]								1

67 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic I-II (1x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIa (23x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (60x/1%)

Ebla (10x/0%)

Old Akkadian (10x/0%)

Lagash II (66x/1%)

Ur III (3135x/52%)

Old Babylonian (2086x/35%)

Middle Assyrian (3x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (12x/0%)

Neo-Assyrian (364x/6%)

Neo-Babylonian (65x/1%)

Hellenistic (130x/2%)

Uncertain (1x/0%)

unknown (52x/1%)

Senses:

1. sky, heaven (5964x/99%)

2. upper (14x/0%)

3. crown (of a tree), foliage, ear (of barley etc.) (10x/0%)

4. above (30x/0%)

Akk. šamû.

Bibliography

[2002] J. Hoyrup, Lengths Widths Surfaces 43.

[1973] G. Gragg, Sumerian Dimensional Infixes 17; 31-32.

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