šešgal [RELATION]

šešgal [RELATION] (43x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. šeš-gal "a kinship term; a foreman"

[1]		šeš-gal
+	-0 (41x/95%); -la (2x/5%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		1	9	32

10 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. a kinship term (43x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur šeš-gal OB Nippur Lu 346. ELA/ED IIIb/Ur 1(aš@c) šeš-gal UET 2 supp 02 r iii 2. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu ugula šeš-gal me STTI 047 5. ELA/Old Akkadian/unknown 1(aš@c)^# gala šeš-gal JCS 20, 126 1. ELA/Ur III/Girsu lugal-ab-ba šeš^#-gal^# MVN 06, 404 4; e₂-ki-bi šeš^#-gal^# MVN 06, 417 3; [...]-na šeš^#-[gal] TUT 090 2; an-ne₂ šeš^#-gal^# TUT 092 3; ^dutu-sa₆-ga šeš-[gal^?] LB 0546 o iii 14. ELA/Ur III/Nippur šeš-gal-e šeš-banda₃^da NATN 971 2. ELA/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^dišdingir-ga-mil šeš-gal ARN 045 1. unknown/Ur III/Girsu lu₂-dingir-ra šeš^!-gal MVN 22, 025 o ii 18. unknown/Old Babylonian/Nippur ha-la-ba nu-ur₂-ištar šeš-gal SAOC 44, 31 14. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown ha-la-ba ^den-lil₂-ma-an-šum₂^# šeš-gal SAOC 44, 42 7; ^diši₃-li₂-i-din-nam šeš-gal BE 06/2, 24 1; šeš-gal sip₂-ta-na BE 06/2, 24 8.

2. a foreman

[1995] G. Visicato, Bureaucracy of Fara 71 n25.

[1976] K. Maekawa, RA 70 16.

See ETCSL: šeš-gal=elder brother.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.