sag [RARE]

(5252 instances)

sag [RARE] (5252x: Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Early Old Babylonian, Old Babylonian, unknown) wr. sag10; sag8 "(to be) high quality; (to be) rare, precious" Akk. aqru; aqāru

[1] cuneiform |IGI.ERIN₂| sag10 (sig5)
[2] cuneiform KAL sag8
+ -0 (5246x/100%); -ga (6x/0%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 5190 34 22
[2]

21 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. (to be) high quality (5014x/95%)

~LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur udu niga sig5 OB Nippur Ura 3 2. ELA/Lagash II/Girsu 5(diš) gada sag10 DCS 49 1; 6(diš) gada sag10 ITT 5, 06851 3; [...] 3(u) 4(diš) ba sag10# ITT 5, 06860 1. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 1(diš) udu a? x sag10? ActSocHun Or 5-12, 156 2 1; [x] gukkal* niga sag10 us2 AnOr 07, 105 11; 1(diš)* x x [...] niga sag10 AnOr 07, 161 4. ELA/Ur III/Girsu 6(bur3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 sag10 a zi-ri2-gum2 AfO 24, pl. 17 Truro 1 o i 16; 2(eše3) 1(iku) GAN2 sag10 AfO 24, pl. 17 Truro 1 o i 3; 3(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 sag10 AfO 24, pl. 17 Truro 1 o i 5. ELA/Ur III/Lagash 1(barig) kaš sag10 1(barig) zi3 gu kaskal-še3 Rochester 152 17. ELA/Ur III/Nippur 1(geš2) 4(u) ŠIM sag10 BE 03/1, 076 9; 5(diš) ŠIM sag10 5(diš) ŠIM du BE 03/1, 116 10; 3(barig) ŠIM sag10 sagi BE 03/1, 116 7. ELA/Ur III/Susa x kaš du 2(ban2) 2(diš) sila3 kaš sag10 MDP 22, 156 144 1; 2(ban2) kaš du 2(ban2) 2(diš) sila3 kaš sag10 MDP 22, 156 144 4; x kaš du 2(ban2) 5(diš) sila3 kaš sag10 MDP 22, 156 144 6; 1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(diš) sila3 kaš du 2(ban2) 4(diš) sila3 kaš sag10 MDP 22, 156 144 8. ELA/Ur III/Umma 5(diš) sila3 kaš sag10 5(diš) sila3 ninda 5(diš) [gin2 sum] AAS 030 1; 5(diš) sila3 kaš sag10 5(diš) sila3 [ninda 5(diš) gin2 sum] AAS 030 4; 5(diš) sila3 kaš sag10 5(diš) sila3 ninda 5(diš) gin2 [sum] AAS 030 7. ELA/Ur III/Ur 5(diš) sila3 kaš# ge6 sag10 ASJ 18, 091 27 2; 2(ban2) kaš ge6 sag10 bala-bala#-e-de3 ASJ 18, 091 27 5; 1(aš) ŠIM sag10 gur MVN 02, 267 1. ELA/Ur III/unclear ŠU+LAGAB 1(ban2) 2(diš) sila3 zi3 gu sag10 Aegyptus 29, 110 41 2; la2-ia3 7(diš) 2/3(diš) sila3 še sag10 AUCT 2, 242 1; 1(diš) dug dida KU sag10 AUCT 2, 290 4. ELA/Ur III/unknown 3(ban2) 3(diš) sila3 sag10 UCP 9-2-1, 062 3; 1(geš2) 4(diš) kuše-sir2 sag10 e2-ba-an YOS 15, 181 3. unknown/Lagash II/Girsu 1(diš) tug2 aktum sag10 BM Messenger 206 1; 2(diš) tug2guz-za sag10 BM Messenger 206 2. unknown/Ur III/Drehem 1(ban2) 5(diš) sila3 dida sag10 Aleppo 018 1; 5(diš) sila3 kaš sag10 5(diš) sila3 ninda 5(diš) gin2 <sum> Aleppo 019 1; 5(diš) sila3 kaš sag10 5(diš) sila3 ninda 5(diš) gin2 <sum> Aleppo 019 4. unknown/Ur III/Fara 1(diš) dug dida sag10 3(ban2) XXX 1; 1(diš) dug dida sag10 1(ban2) 5(diš) sila3 XXX 2; 4(ban2) zi3 gu sag10 1(barig) 3(ban2) dabin XXX 4. unknown/Ur III/Girsu 4(diš) dug dida! sag10 ASJ 10, 257 04 1; 2(burʾu) 1(bur3) 2(eše3) 1(iku) GAN2 sag10 ASJ 14, 231 82 10; [x] 2(eše3) GAN2 sag10 ASJ 17, 229 118 i 1. unknown/Ur III/Lagash 1(barig) 2(ban2) zi3 gu sag10 Rochester 213 1; 5(ban2) [x] sila3 zi3 gu sag10 Rochester 213 5; ŠU+LAGAB [...] zi3 gu sag10 Rochester 213 7; 3(ban2) zi3 gu sag10 Rochester 213 8. unknown/Ur III/Nippur x kaš sag10 gur BBVO 11, 257, 4N-T197 o iv 24; 4(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra sag10 BBVO 11, 257, 4N-T197 o iv 26; [...] kaš# sag10 BBVO 11, 257, 4N-T197 o ii 23. unknown/Ur III/Umma 2(ban2) kaš sag10 AR RIM 07 13 1; 2(diš) dug dida sag10 5(diš) sila3 AR RIM 07 13 4; 3(ban2) zi3 gu sag10 AR RIM 07 13 1. unknown/Ur III/Ur 2(ban2) kaš ge6 sag10 bala-bala-e-de3 SAT 3, 2011 2; 2(ban2) kaš ge6 sag10 bala-bala-e-de3 SAT 3, 2014 2. unknown/Ur III/unclear 1(diš) dug dida sag10 ASJ 10, 257 08 1; 1(diš) dug dida sag10 ASJ 10, 257 08 3; 1(u) 5(aš) 2(ban2) 2(diš) sila3 duh sag10 gur MVN 18, 710 1. unknown/Ur III/unknown la2-ia3 1(u) zu2-lum sag10 MVN 15, 181 o ii 5'; la2-ia3 zu2-lum sag10 MVN 15, 181 o ii 11'; 3(u) zu2-lum sag10 MVN 15, 181 o iii 4'; ŠU+LAGAB 1(u) zu2-lum sag10 MVN 15, 181 r iii 4; ŠU+LAGAB 1(u) 2(diš) zu2-lum sag10! MVN 15, 181 r iv 2.

See: anše udu sag; aslum niga sag; ašgar niga sag; ašgar nita sag; ašgar sag; gud niga sag; gud sag; kud sag; maš gal babbar niga sag; maš gal niga sag; maš gal niga sag šimaški; maš gal sag; maš gal sag niga; maš gal šimaški niga sag; maš niga sag; maš sag; mašgal niga sag; sila niga sag; sila sag; u aslum niga sag; u aslum sag; u niga sag; u sag; udu alu hursaĝ niga sag us; udu aslum niga sag; udu aslum sag; udu gukkal niga sag; udu hursaĝ niga sag us; udu niga sag; udu niga sag barĝal; udu niga sag barsuga; udu niga sag šimaški; udu niga sag udu niga; udu sag; udu šimaški niga sag.

2. (to be) rare, precious (238x/5%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur [tu7 ba-ba]-da# sig5# N 5107 r i 10'; tu7 ba-ba-da sig5 MSL 11, 111 F o i 10'. LEX/unknown/unknown tu7 ba-ba-da sig5 SLT 015 prism i 20. ELA/Old Akkadian/Adab [x-x-x nig2]-ar3-ra [sig5 gur?] FAOS 19, Ad 05 8. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu 4(ban2) zi3 gu sag10 ITT 5, 06783 3; 4(diš) tug2 aktum sag10# RTC 276 o i 2; 6(diš) tug2guz-za sag10 RTC 276 o i 3. ELA/Old Akkadian/unknown 4(ban2)!? nig2#-ar3-ra sig5 MAD 5, 107 1. ELA/Lagash II/Girsu [...] 3(diš) ba-sag10 ITT 5, 06821 4; [...] ba-sag10 ITT 5, 06821 4. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 1(diš) tug2 ba-tab-duh-hu-um sag10!(PI) us2 lugal PDT 2, 0995 1; 1(diš) gu4 un-sag10 SET 093 16; 3(diš) he2-na-sag10 TRU 011 7. ELA/Ur III/Dur-Kurigalzu 2(diš) udu niga sag10 us2 Ripon College 1999=EC.74.1 3. ELA/Ur III/Girsu ra2-gaba siki sag10-de3 gen-na-me DAS 243 8; siki sag10-de3 gen-na DAS 255 3. ELA/Ur III/Nippur 3(ban2) na-ba-sag10# NATN 955 o iv 5; dumu sag10-ga NRVN 1, 197 2. ELA/Ur III/Umma ki ba-sag10-ta AAS 070 3; ki ba-sag10-ta AnOr 01, 231 5; 1(diš) ba-a-sag10 AnOr 01, 292 r ii 9. ELA/Ur III/Ur x x? ba-sag10 UET 3, 1498 r ii 13. ELA/Ur III/unclear a2 ba-sag10 a-kal-la dumu nig2-du7 u3 dumu šeš-ki-ag2-mu Buffalo SNS.11-2, 144 11 2; 1(diš) zi-ib za-bar nu-sag10? SET 292 2. ELA/Early Old Babylonian/unknown 2(diš) gima-an-sim zi3 gu sag10 BIN 10, 098 1. unknown/Old Akkadian/Girsu 1(aš@c) tug2 mu-du8-um sig5 RTC 197 1; 1(aš@c) tug2 mu-du8-um sig5 RTC 197 3; 1(aš@c) tug2 gu2-e3 sig5 RTC 197 5. unknown/Old Akkadian/unknown 1(aš@c) gada sig5 Fs. Sjoberg, 15 1. unknown/Ur III/Drehem ki ba-sag10 gu-za-la2-ta Aleppo 232 2; ba-sag10 sagi Aleppo 488 3. unknown/Ur III/Girsu nu-sag10 3(barig) <kaš> du TCTI 2, 04149 7. unknown/Ur III/Umma kišib3 ba-sag10 ASJ 19, 221 61 1; ugula ba-sag10 šu-ku6 MVN 16, 1300 4; [...] x maš2 ba-sag10 MVN 18, 528 3. unknown/Ur III/unclear kaš dida sag10-da ku4-ra OMRO 66, 47 13 2.

See: aktum sag; bappir sag; bazbaz niga sag; dida sag; duh sag; eša sag; guza sag; kaš sag; mar ninda sag; ninda eša sag; ninda i de sag; nurma sag; siki sag; tu arzana sag; tu eša sag; tu sag; zidgu sag; zulum sag.

Akk. aqru "rare; valuable"; aqāru "to be(come) rare, precious".

[2001] G. Marchesi, OrNS 70 314 n13.

[1992] R. Englund, ASJ 14 94-95 n11.

[1984] M. Powell, BSA 1 54.

[1972] H. Waetzoldt, UNT 47-49.


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