šar [3600]

(245 instances)

šar [3600] (245x: ED IIIa, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. šar2; šar; šar2-šar2 "totality, world; (to be) numerous; 3600" Akk. kiššatu; mâdu

See inim šar[discuss], ul šar[rejoice].

[1] cuneiform ŠAR₂ šar2
[2] cuneiform SAR šar
[3] cuneiform ŠAR₂.ŠAR₂ šar2-šar2
+ -ra (128x/52%); -0 (102x/42%); -re (15x/6%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 3 1 181
[2] 25 1
[3] 3 22

70 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. totality, world (245x/100%)

~ ELA/Ur III/Drehem al ak 1(u) 5(diš) šar#-[ta] PDT 2, 0920 r i 12'; al ak 1(u) [...] šar-<ta> PDT 2, 0920 r i 16'. ELA/Ur III/Nippur sig4 al HAR-ra šar-še3 NRVN 1, 196 1. ELA/Ur III/Umma 5(u) 4(diš) šar# [...] BIN 05, 272 o v 5; 1(gešʾu) 2(geš2) 4(u) 2(diš) 1/2(diš) [šar] 2(u) 5(diš) sar-[ta] BIN 05, 272 o v 7; 1(geš2) 1(u) 5(diš) šar# 1(u) [sar-ta] BIN 05, 272 o v 9. ELA/Ur III/Ur 5(diš) <šar> ši-ha-lum BCT 1, 133 3. ELA/Ur III/unclear [x] šar? 8(diš) 2/3(diš)? [gin2? e2?] TIM 05, 08 1. unknown/Old Akkadian/unknown 1(aš@c) [šar GAN2 ...] MCS 9, 258 1; a-ša3-bi [4(u) 9(diš) šar] MCS 9, 258 3.

~ ki[place]LEX/ED IIIa/unknown šar2 ki ED Word List C = "Tribute" 61.

~ šar[3600] ki[place]LEX/ED IIIa/unknown šar2 šar2 ki ED Word List C = "Tribute" 62.

See: inim šar; šar šar ki.

2. (to be) numerous

3. 3600

Akk. kiššatu "totality, world"; mâdu "to be(come) numerous, many".

[2005] C. Wilcke, RAI 48 434-439.

[1987] M. Powell, BSA 3 148.

[1980] S. Lieberman, AJA 84 343.

See ETCSL: šar2=area measure; šar2=to be numerous.

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