emeĝir [SUMERIAN]

emeĝir [SUMERIAN] (32x: Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. eme-gi; eme-ĝir₁₅ "the Sumerian language" Akk. šumeritum; šumerû

[1]		eme-gi
[2]		eme-ĝir₁₅ (eme-gi₇)
+	-0 (24x/75%); -ra (8x/25%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]			21	2
[2]			1	8

7 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. the Sumerian language (32x/100%)

~ ELA/Ur III/Girsu siki mu-DU sipa udu eme-gi-ra-ke₄-ne CT 07, 25 BM 015815 13. ELA/Ur III/Umma ki sipa udu eme^*-gi-ra-ke₄-ne-ta SET 130 o ii 22. ELA/Ur III/Ur sipa udu eme-gi-ra UET 3, 1514 8; a-gu-gu sipa udu eme-gi-ra UET 3, 1514 4. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown eme-gir₁₅ = šu-we-rum MSLSSI, 17-27 iv 30. unknown/Old Akkadian/unknown 4(aš@c) 2(aš@c) eme-gi₇ MAD 4, 161 3.

See: udu emeĝir; udu nita emeĝir.

Akk. šumeritum "Sumerian"; šumerû "a Sumerian; (scribe in) Sumerian".

[1993] P. Steinkeller, Akkad FWE 112 n9.

See ETCSL: eme-gir₁₅=Sumerian language.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.