sissi [GREEN]

(160 instances)

sissi [GREEN] (160x: Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. si₁₂-si₁₂; sissi_x(GI) "(to be) green-yellow, pale" Akk. arqu; arāqu

[1]		si₁₂-si₁₂ (sig₇-sig₇)
[2]		sissi_x(GI) (sig₁₇)
+	-0 (160x/100%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]				18			6
[2]		3	1

43 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. (to be) green-yellow, pale (160x/100%)

~ LEX/Ur III/Nippur [sig₇]-sig₇-ga-ab = wu^!-ri-iq^# PBS 05, 136 [OBGT XI] ii 12. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^tug₂gu₂-ed₂ sig₇-sig₇ OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.6, 305'. unknown/Ur III/Umma 1(diš) lum-du₈ ku₃^# [sig₁₇ huš-a-bi] UTI 6, 3800 r i 18.

See: amar sissi; gud sissi; gu'e sissi; ĝešnimbar sissi šeĝ; ĝirtab sissi; hašhur sissi; im sissi; kiši sissi; munus sissi; na sissi; nurma sissi; peš sissi; siki sissi; šembizida sissi; šim sissi; tug sissi; udu sissi; uhin sissi; zulum sissi.

Akk. arqu "yellow, green; greenery"; arāqu "to be(come) green-yellow; pale".

[1997] N. Veldhuis, EEN 123-125.

[1995] P. Steinkeller, BSA 8 56.

[1994] M. Powell, Drinking in Ancient Societies 104-105.

[1987] M. Civil, Ebla 1975-1985 155 n32.

[1983] M. Civil, OA 22 4-5.

[1972] H. Waetzoldt, UNT 50-52.

See ETCSL: sig₇=to be green.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.