šeg [BRICK] N (1359x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. šeg₁₂; ^na₄šeg₁₂; šeg₁₂-šeg₁₂; si; sig₁₀; ^še-^egšeg₁₂; šeg₁₂-ga-lu-ra "brick, mudbrick; block (of salt); brickwork"

See šeg alura[brick]N, šeg tab[build with brick]V/t, šeg ukurum[brick]N, šeg zarin[brick]N.

[1]	𒋞	šeg₁₂
[2]	𒉌𒌓𒋞	^na₄šeg₁₂
[3]	𒋞𒋞	šeg₁₂-šeg₁₂
[4]	𒋛	si
[5]	𒋧	sig₁₀
[6]	𒊺𒅅𒋞	^še-^egšeg₁₂
[7]	𒋞𒂵𒇻𒊏	šeg₁₂-ga-lu-ra
+	--ga=g.a (13x/1%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		2	24		101	37	840	309	33	4
[2]									3
[3]								2
[4]									1
[5]								1
[6]								1
[7]							1

31 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (2x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (24x/2%)

Old Akkadian (101x/7%)

Lagash II (37x/3%)

Ur III (841x/62%)

Old Babylonian (313x/23%)

Middle Babylonian (11x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (19x/1%)

Neo-Babylonian (5x/0%)

Hellenistic (2x/0%)

unknown (4x/0%)

Senses:

1. brick, mudbrick (1343x/99%)

2. block (of salt) (16x/1%)

3. brickwork

Akk. libittu.

Bibliography

[2009] W. Heimpel, Workers 191-6.

[2005/6] A. George, AfO 51 80.

[1999] M. Civil and G. Rubio, OrNS 68 255.

[1998] J. Bauer, Vorsargonische Abschnitt 556-7.

Word ID: o0039033; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0039033; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)