sig [SILENT]

(74 instances)

sig [SILENT] (74x: Old Babylonian) wr. si-ig; šeg5 "(deathly) hush; (to be) silent" Akk. šaqummatu

[1] cuneiform SI.IG si-ig
[2] cuneiform |URU×TU| šeg5
+ -0 (67x/91%); -ga (6x/8%); -ge4 (1x/1%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 21 4
[2] 1

28 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. (deathly) hush (74x/100%)

~ ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu a2 gin2-ga2 si-ig-ga ITT 5, 06816 2. ELA/Ur III/Girsu šu a-si-ig a-ša3 ambar ITT 2, 00881 4; ŠU+LAGAB 2(diš) ašgab ba-si-ig Orient 16, 091 135 r iii 18; e2 še si-ig-ga TƒL 111 1. ELA/Ur III/Nippur si-ig-ga NATN 034 3; 1(diš) gada a-si-ig TMH NF 1-2, 241 1. ELA/Ur III/Umma 2(geš2) gi si-ig zi3-da AfO 24, pl. 19 Truro 3 1; ma2-a si-ig*-ga OrSP 47-49, 276 4; 1(u) gešasal2 ša3 si-ig RA 16, 19 o i 31. ELA/Ur III/Ur 6(diš) gešša3 si-ig u3-suh5 gid2 1(diš) 2/3(diš) kuš3-ta-bi UET 3, 0826 r i 7. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown [[six(TUM)]] = si = TUM = qa-lu-um YBC 05038 12; [[si]] = = SI = ši-iš-šum MSL 09, 124-137 vi 375. unknown/Ur III/Girsu sag si-ig-ga a-ša3 sur3-mun-na ASJ 14, 227 78 20; 1(diš) ašgab su si-ig ASJ 20, 110, 8 o iii 12; 1(diš) ašgab su si-ig ASJ 20, 110, 8 r i 1; ŠU+LAGAB 2(diš) ašgab su si-ig ASJ 20, 110, 8 r i 19; [ŠU+LAGAB] 2(diš) ašgab su si-ig ASJ 20, 110, 8 r ii 19; 2(diš) su si-ig [...] City Life 2, 101-102 r i 21.

2. (to be) silent

Akk. šaqummatu "(deathly) hush".

See ETCSL: sig9=to be silent.

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