nugig [PRIESTESS]

(83 instances)

nugig [PRIESTESS] (83x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian) wr. nu-gig; nu-u8-gig; mu-gi17-ib; mu-gib3 "a priestess; a divine epithet; a profession for women" Akk. qadištu

[1] cuneiform NU.GIG nu-gig
[2] cuneiform NU.|LAGAB×GUD+GUD|.GIG nu-u8-gig
[3] cuneiform MU.GIG.IB mu-gi17-ib (ES)
[4] cuneiform MU.GIG mu-gib3 (ES)
+ -0 (69x/83%); -ge (8x/10%); -ga (6x/7%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 10 3 35
[2] 31
[3] 4
[4]

13 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. a priestess (83x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIb/unknown nu-gig Early Dynastic Lu E 135. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu nu-gig VS 14, 106 o ii 4; nu-gig VS 27, 033 r iii 2. ELA/Old Akkadian/Umma nu-gig NIGIN3 AAS 001 o ii 8; 5(aš) id2-hi-nun nu-gig MAD 4, 021 1. ELA/Old Babylonian/Nippur nin-e-in-sag5 nu-gig ARN 003 18; nin-e-in-sag5 nu-gig-e ARN 003 21; ha-la-ba nin-e-in-sag5 nu-gig ARN 003 3. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu nu-gig DP 128 r i 6; nu-gig DP 129 r i 8; [1(aš@c)] 1(diš) nu-gig DP 130 r iv 10; nu-gig DP 133 o iv 5; 1(eše3@c) GAN2 nu-gig DP 580 o ii 6. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown nu-gig HSS 03, 40 r v 7; nu-gig TSA 05 o iii 13. unknown/Old Akkadian/Girsu nu-gig gal-nin-a-nag RTC 208 2.

See: a nugig.

2. a divine epithet

3. a profession for women

Akk. qadištu "a priestess".

[1995] A. Cavigneaux and F. Alrawi, ZA 85 193-194.

[1995] G. Visicato, Bureaucracy of Fara 108.

[1994] F. Pomponio and G. Visicato, ED Szuruppak 32.

See ETCSL: nu-u8-gig=high-status woman.

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