šah [PIG] N (1684x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. šaḫ₂; šaḫ; ziz₂; ^munusšaḫ; ^munusšaḫ₂; ^ŋeššaḫ; ^ŋeššaḫ₂; šaḫ₂-šaḫ₂ "pig; figurine"

See šah ŋešgi[pig]N.

[1]	𒂄	šaḫ₂
[2]	𒋚	šaḫ
[3]	𒍩	ziz₂
[4]	𒊩𒋚	^munusšaḫ
[5]	𒊩𒂄	^munusšaḫ₂
[6]	𒄑𒋚	^ŋeššaḫ
[7]	𒄑𒂄	^ŋeššaḫ₂
[8]	𒂄𒂄	šaḫ₂-šaḫ₂

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		21	584		88	16	539	272	26
[2]			1				2	19	105	3
[3]					2
[4]									2
[5]			1
[6]									1
[7]									1
[8]					1

26 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (21x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (586x/35%)

Old Akkadian (91x/5%)

Lagash II (16x/1%)

Ur III (541x/32%)

Old Babylonian (291x/17%)

Middle Assyrian (1x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (10x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (104x/6%)

Neo-Babylonian (19x/1%)

Hellenistic (1x/0%)

unknown (3x/0%)

Senses:

1. pig (1680x/100%)

2. figurine (4x/0%)

Akk. šāhû.

Bibliography

[1995-96] P. Steinkeller, AfO 42-43 212-213.

[1992] M. Sigrist, Drehem 33; 400.

Word ID: o0038815; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0038815; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)