pana [BOW]

(63 instances)

pana [BOW] (63x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Early Old Babylonian, Old Babylonian) wr. ĝešpana; ba-na; ĝešpanax(|ŠE.NUN&NUN|) "bow; a geometric figure" Akk. qaštu

[1] cuneiform GIŠ.PAN ĝešpana (gešpana)
[2] cuneiform BA.NA ba-na
[3] cuneiform GIŠ.|ŠE.NUN&NUN| ĝešpanax(|ŠE.NUN&NUN|) (gešpanax(|ŠE.NUN&NUN|))
+ -0 (63x/100%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 14 29 16
[2] 2
[3]

8 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. bow (63x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ĝišpan OB Nippur Ura 1 555; [[gišpana]] = pa-na = GIŠ-PAN = qa2--tu OB Diri Nippur 197. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu 6(aš@c) gešše-du10 [geš]ban VS 14, 057 o ii 2. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu [x] kušdu10-gan gešpan RTC 228 3. ELA/Old Akkadian/Lagash [x] gešban BM 015737 1; 2(aš@c) gešban BM 016185 1; 1(aš@c) gešban BM 026760 1; 1(aš@c) gešban su geš sar# BM 026760 4; 2(aš@c) gešban BM 026760 5. ELA/Old Akkadian/Nippur 1(aš@c) ba-na OSP 1, 047 o iii 3. ELA/Lagash II/Girsu 1(diš) gešban MVN 07, 429 4. ELA/Ur III/Drehem a-ha-an-si-bu gešpan JCS 10, 031 11 3; 1(diš) gešpan elam TCL 2, 5488 6; 2(gešʾu) gešpan TIM 06, 34 1. ELA/Ur III/Umma he2-ti ba-na-a BE 03/1, 084 r i 6; 2(diš) gešban MVN 22, 199 21; 1(diš) gešban MVN 22, 199 24. ELA/Ur III/Ur 1(u) 8(diš) tug2 še-er-ti gešpan UET 3, 0789 1; 1(u) la2 1(diš) tug2 še-er-ti gešpan UET 3, 0789 4; [... še]-er-ti gešpan UET 3, 0789 7. ELA/Early Old Babylonian/unknown mu gešpan-še3 BIN 09, 121 2; mu gešpan-še3 BIN 09, 122 2; gešpan du8-de3 BIN 09, 124 2. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu 4(ban2@c) gešban DP 112 o ix 7; 6(aš@c) gešše-du10 gešban DP 418 r i 3; 3(aš@c) gešše-du10 gešban DP 419 o i 1. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown 4(ban2@c) gešban TSA 11 o viii 16; 8(aš@c) gešše-du10 gešban TSA 29 o i 3. unknown/Old Akkadian/Girsu 1(aš@c) gešpan RTC 220 1; 3(u@c) gešpan RTC 224 5. unknown/Ur III/Umma 1(u) 6(diš) gešban MVN 16, 0792 2; 2(gešʾu) 1(geš2) 3(u) 2(diš) kak gešban MVN 16, 0792 3; 3(u) 6(diš) sa gešban MVN 16, 0792 6. unknown/Ur III/Ur 1(diš) gešban uruda gar-ra SAT 2, 0039 1'; a2-an gešban-na siki-ba-še3 SAT 3, 2009 2; giri3 ur-zikum lu2 na4 gešban-na SAT 3, 2009 3.

2. a geometric figure

Akk. qaštu "bow".

[2003] M. Civil, JCS 55 50-51; 53 n20.

[1999] E. Robson, Mesopotamian Mathematics 45-48.

[1990] A. Kilmer, Artistic Environments 85.


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