šir [SING]

(150 instances)

šir [SING] (150x: ED IIIb, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. šir₃ "a song; to sing" Akk. zamāru; zamāru ša pitni

[1]		šir₃
+	-0 (96x/64%); -re (25x/17%); -ra (23x/15%); -ra₂ (6x/4%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		1	6	138

22 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. a song (150x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur šir₃ OB Nippur Lu 587; [[šir₃]] = [si-ir] = EZEN = za-ma-rum OB Aa 757:1; [[šir₃]] = = = şa-ra-hu-um OB Aa 757:2; [[šir₃]] = = = ši-iţ-ru-um OB Aa 757:4. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown [[šir₃]] = = EZEN = za-ma-rum MSL 09, 124-137 x 682. unknown/Ur III/Umma ka i₇-^damar-^dsuen-ke₄-gar gu₂-bi šer₃-ra₂ UTI 5, 3456 2; [... 3(u)] 7(diš) guruš ša₃-gu₄ gi šer₃-ra₂ UTI 5, 3459 3; 4(u) 6(diš) guruš gi šer₃-ra₂ UTI 5, 3459 4; i₇-ur-sag₁₀ šer₃-ra₂ UTI 5, 3487 4; gi^#-zi šer₃-ra₂ UTI 5, 3487 2; u₄ 6(diš)-še₃ ma₂ la₂-a geš-a šer₃-ra₂ UTI 6, 3632 4.

2. to sing

Akk. zamāru "to sing (of)"; zamāru ša pitni "to play an instrument".

See ETCSL: šir₃=song; šir₃-šir₃=to sing.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.