šimgig [TREE]

šimgig [TREE] (19x: ED IIIb, Old Babylonian) wr. šim-gig; ^ĝeššim-gig; ^ĝešŠIM "an aromatic tree" Akk. kanaktu

[1]		šim-gig
[2]		^ĝeššim-gig (^geššim-gig)
[3]		^ĝešŠIM (^gešŠIM)
+	-0 (18x/95%); -ga (1x/5%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		12		4
[2]				3
[3]

4 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. an aromatic tree (19x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^ĝiššim-gig OB Nippur Ura 1 29. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu 1(aš@c) sila₃ šim-gig VS 14, 123 o ii 4; šim-gig-bi 2(u@c) 4(aš@c) sila₃ VS 14, 131 o iii 2; 4(u@c) 2(aš@c) sila₃ šim-gig^# VS 27, 086 r i 3. ELA/ED IIIb/unknown šim-gig-bi 2(diš) sila₃ Nik 1, 301 o iii 1; šim-gig-bi 2(u@c) 6(diš) sila₃ Nik 1, 301 r ii 4. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu 2(aš@c) sila₃ šim-gig DP 511 o ii 2; 1(u@c) 1(aš@c) sila₃ šim-gig DP 512 r i 1; 1(aš@c) 2(barig@c) šim-gig DP 513 o i 5; šim-gig 4(ban₂@c)-ta DP 513 o ii 2; 2(u@c) sila₃ <šim>-gig DP 514 o ii 2; ša₃-bi^#-ta 2(aš@c) la₂ 4(ban₂@c) šim-gig gur-sag^#-gal₂ MVN 03, 010 o ii 2; šim-gig 2(ban₂@c) 3(diš) sila₃^#-ta^# MVN 03, 010 o ii 4.

Akk. kanaktu "an incense-bearing tree".

[1992] P. Steinkeller and J.N. Postgate, LAT 79.

See ETCSL: šim-gig=aromatic tree.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.