namšita [PRAYER]

namšita [PRAYER] (40x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. nam-šita; nam-šita₂ "prayer; entreaty" Akk. kāribu

[1]		nam-šita
[2]		nam-šita₂
+	-0 (40x/100%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		15	8	16
[2]				1

6 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. prayer (40x/100%)

~ ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu 1(aš@c) 3(diš) nam-šita VS 27, 021 o iii 5. ELA/ED IIIb/unknown 4(ban₂@c) nam-šita^* Nik 1, 018 r iii 6. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu dumu nam-šita CT 50, 098 o i 17. ELA/Ur III/Drehem mu en nam-šita ^dšul-gi-ke₄ ba-gub-ba JCS 31, 133 1 3; [mu] en^# nam-šita ^[d]šul^#-gi-[ke₄ ba-gub-ba] JCS 31, 133 1 5. ELA/Ur III/Girsu [i₃-dub] nam^#-šita TL 208 o i 8; i₃-dub nam-šita TL 208 o iv 13. ELA/Ur III/Ur mu en nam-šita UET 3, 0289 3; mu en nam-[šita] UET 3, 0290 5. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown nam-šita-mu Nik 1, 126 3. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu 4(ban₂@c) nam-šita-mu DP 115 r iii 12; nam-šita BIN 08, 347 r iii 7; 1(aš@c) gu₄ nam-šita-mu BIN 08, 349 o v 7; 4(ban₂@c) nam-šita-mu DCS 05 3'. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown 1(barig@c) 2(ban₂) nam-šita-mu HSS 03, 17 r iii 1; 4(ban₂@c)^!? nam-šita-mu HSS 03, 17 r iii 15; 3(ban₂@c) nam-šita-mu HSS 03, 23 r viii 6; 5(ban₂@c) nam-šita-mu TSA 14 o xi 14; 4(ban₂@c) nam-šita-mu FAOS 15/2, p. 682, 122 o xii 15; 4(ban₂@c) nam-šita-mu FAOS 15/2, p. 661, 120 r xii 2.

2. entreaty

Akk. kāribu "one who blesses".

See ETCSL: nam-šita=entreaty.

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