šeg [FROST]

(11 instances)

šeg [FROST] (11x: ED IIIb, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. šeg9; šeg4 "snow; sleet; cold weather; frost, ice; burning, incineration; chills, shivers" Akk. šalgu; šurpu; šuruppû; šurīpu

[1] cuneiform ŠEG₉ šeg9
[2] cuneiform |A.ŠU₂.NAGA| šeg4
+ -0 (11x/100%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 1 7 1
[2]

3 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. snow (11x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIb/Ebla [[šeg9]] = ŠEG9 = še3-gu-um Ebla Sign List 95. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur [[sed5]] = = A.MUŠ3.DI = ku--şum OB Diri Nippur 343. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown [[sed5]] = = A.MUŠ3.DI = ku--[şu2-um] OB Diri "Oxford" 228. ELA/Lagash II/Girsu [...] šeg9 ITT 5, 06821 1. ELA/Ur III/Girsu 2(diš) mušen-du3 šeg9? 1(diš)-ta HLC 002 (pl. 052) o ii 19; 4(diš) šeg9 ki TSU 081 14; ŠU+LAGAB 4(diš) šeg9 TSU 081 1; 4(diš) udu i3 1(diš) udu 4(diš) šeg9# TSU 081 15; ŠU+LAGAB 2(u) maš2 niga 4(diš) [šeg9] TSU 081 21. unknown/Ur III/Umma šeg9!-še3 nu2-a Hirose 317 1.

See: a šeg.

2. sleet

3. cold weather

4. frost, ice

5. burning, incineration

6. chills, shivers

Akk. šalgu "snow; sleet"; šurpu "frost"; šuruppû "frost"; šurīpu "ice, frost".


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