maš [GOAT] N (18120x) 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, unknown wr. maš₂; maš; maš₂-a-gin₇; ^ma-^aš₂maš₂; ma-aš₂; maš₂-ba; maš₂^ma-^aš₂; ma-aš "goat; sacrificial animal for omens; extispicy"

See kug maš ga[payment]N, maš kiduru[payment]N, maš šagdug[kid]N, maše pad[chosen by extispicy]V/t.

[1]	𒈧	maš₂
[2]	𒈦	maš
[3]	𒈧𒀀𒁶	maš₂-a-gin₇
[4]	𒈠𒀾𒈧	^ma-^aš₂maš₂
[5]	𒈠𒀾	ma-aš₂
[6]	𒈧𒁀	maš₂-ba
[7]	𒈧𒈠𒀾	maš₂^ma-^aš₂
[8]	𒈠𒀸	ma-aš
+	--še₃=š.e (1x/0%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]	4	31	219	1	932	63	13995	446	104	17
[2]		1	1098		8	22	1141	21	7	3
[3]									2
[4]									2
[5]								1
[6]									1
[7]									1
[8]

49 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic I-II (4x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIa (32x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (1317x/7%)

Ebla (1x/0%)

Old Akkadian (940x/5%)

Lagash II (85x/0%)

Ur III (15136x/84%)

Old Babylonian (468x/3%)

Middle Assyrian (2x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (25x/0%)

Neo-Assyrian (64x/0%)

Neo-Babylonian (22x/0%)

Hellenistic (4x/0%)

unknown (20x/0%)

Senses:

1. goat (18114x/100%)

2. sacrificial animal for omens

3. extispicy (6x/0%)

Akk. bīru; urīṣu.

Bibliography

[2002] R. Englund, CDLJ 2002:1 s6a.

[1998] J. Bauer, Vorsargonische Abschnitt 557.

[1995] P. Steinkeller, BiOr 52 704.

[1992] M. Sigrist, Drehem 27.

Word ID: o0033978; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0033978; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)