šusi [FINGER]

(99 instances)

šusi [FINGER] (99x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. šu-si "finger; a unit of length" Akk. ubānu

[1] cuneiform ŠU.SI šu-si
+ -0 (99x/100%).
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8 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. finger (99x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown šu-si-ĝu10 Ugumu 172. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu kin šu-si 7(diš) 1/2(diš)-ta VS 25, 084 o i 3. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu ŠU+LAGAB 5(aš@c) 1/2(diš) nindanindax(DU) 2(aš@c) kuš3 2(aš@c) 1/3(diš)ša šu-si gid2 ITT 2, 04656 7"; 3(aš@c) kuš3 1(u) 6(diš) 2/3(diš)ša šu-si ITT 2, 04656 4; 1(aš@c) nindanindax(DU) 4(aš@c) kuš3 1(u@c) 4(aš@c) šu-si ITT 2, 04656 7; 2(aš@c) kuš3 7(aš@c) 1/2(diš) šu-si a-x RTC 139 3; 2(aš@c) kuš3 7(aš@c) 1/2(diš) šu-si x-ni!?-lu RTC 139 4; 7(aš@c) za ku3-sig17 1(aš@c) šu-si RTC 204 5; 8(aš@c) za-gin3 1(aš@c) šu-si RTC 204 7. ELA/Ur III/Girsu 6(diš) ninda 4(diš) 1/3(diš) kuš3 gid2# 1/2(diš) ninda sukud 2(diš) kuš3 5(diš) šu-si dagal RTC 413 1; [1(diš) tug2 bar]-dul5# lugal# [ki]-tag#-bi 7(diš) kuš3 3(diš) šu-si UNT 034 i 1; [1(diš)] tug2 bar-dul5 lugal 2(diš) kuš3 la2 3(diš) šu-si UNT 034 i 3. ELA/Ur III/Nippur 1/2(diš) ninda 3(diš) 2/3(diš) kuš3 7(diš) šu-si dagal min MVN 10, 153 2; 1(diš) ninda 3(diš) 2/3(diš) kuš3 4(diš) 1/2(diš) šu-si gid2 min MVN 10, 153 4; dagal-bi 2(diš) kuš3 3(diš) šu-si NATN 471 1. ELA/Ur III/Umma gid2-bi 1(diš) kuš3 4(diš) [šu]-si dagal-bi 1(diš) kuš3 CST 878 2; 1(diš) hu-bu-um gešx šu-si ki uruda du8-a RA 49, 93 38 1. ELA/Ur III/Ur dagal-bi 1(diš) kuš3 šu-si 6(diš)-ta UET 3, 0785 4; 2/3(diš) kuš3 7(diš) šu-si [...] gu-nigin2 [...] UET 3, 0803 1; 2(diš) 1/2(diš) kuš3 gešša3-kal gu-nigin2 2/3(diš) kuš3 1(diš) šu-si UET 3, 0806 1. ELA/Ur III/unclear gid2-bi 5(diš) kuš3 5(diš) šu-si AfO 40-41, 60, 6 2. ELA/Old Babylonian/Nippur 5/6(diš)# kuš3 2(diš) šu-si ki-e3 i7#-gu-la SAOC 44, 13 5. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu kin kuš3 1(diš) la2 šu-si 3(diš)-ta DP 633 o iv 2; šu-du3-a 2(diš) šu-si muhaldim DP 643 o i 4. unknown/ED IIIb/Nippur šu-si geš?-BAD an-x ASJ 16, p. 43-46 prism iii 15. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown [x] šu-si HSS 03, 42 ii 3; [x] šu-si HSS 03, 42 ii 7; dagal-bi 1(diš) gi 1(diš) kuš3 1(diš) šu-bad [x šu]-si# HSS 03, 42 iii 1. unknown/Ur III/Girsu geme2 3(diš)-e u4 1(diš)-a šu-si 4(diš)-ta i3-tag-tag TCTI 2, 02819 o v 7'; [geme2] 3(diš)-e u4 1(diš)-a šu-si [x]-ta#-am3 i3-tag-tag TCTI 2, 02819 r iii 6. unknown/Ur III/Umma 1/3(diš) kuš3 2(diš) šu-si ad za-gin3 AAICAB 1/1, pl. 043-044, 1911-240 r iii 3. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown 1(diš) kuš3 6(diš) šu-si sag UET 5, 125 2.

~ u uLEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur šu-si x [...] MSL 11, 112 W o ii 9'.

~ gal[big]LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown šu-si gal-ĝu10 Ugumu 173.

~ ĝiri[foot]LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown šu-si ĝir3-[ĝu10] Ugumu 265.

~ tur[small]LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown šu-si tur-ĝu10 Ugumu 174.

See: umbin šusi gal; umbin šusi gal ĝiri; umbin šusi tur ĝiri; zukešed šusi ĝiri.

2. a unit of length

Akk. ubānu "finger, toe".

[2002] J. Hoyrup, Lengths Widths Surfaces 17-18.

[1987-90] M.A. Powell, RlA 7 458.


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