šita [PRIEST]

šita [PRIEST] (17x: ED IIIa, ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. šita "a priest; ~ figurine" Akk. ellu; ikribu; ramku

[1]		šita
+	-0 (17x/100%).

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[1]		2	6	9

2 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. a priest (16x/94%)

~ LEX/ED IIIb/unknown šita Early Dynastic Lu E 52. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur [[šita]] = ši-ta = ŠITA = el-lum OB Aa 85:1; [[šita]] = = = ra-am^#-kum^# OB Aa 85:2. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu šita [...] STTI 104 1. ELA/Ur III/Girsu 2(aš) gur šita ab-ba ASJ 20, 104, 5 r iii 14. ELA/Ur III/Umma 2(diš) dug šita sa-ma-tum MVN 04, 166 8. ELA/Ur III/Ur [x] šita-a se-ge₄ UET 3, 0436 3; šita^*? ab-ba UET 3, 1798 2. ELA/Ur III/unclear šita^? ^dnin-kur-ra-[igi-gal₂] YOS 04, 248 2.

~ eš[shrine]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur šita eš₃-a OB Nippur Lu 218.

~ gal[big]LEX/ED IIIa/unknown šita gal ED Lu A 14.

2. ~ figurine (1x/6%)

~ kugbabbar[silver]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur šita kug-babbar OB Nippur Ura 2 615.

Akk. ellu "(ritually) pure"; ikribu "prayer, dedication"; ramku "'bathed', a priest".

See ETCSL: šita=type of priest.

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