zipah [UNIT]

(1 instances)

zipah [UNIT] (1x: Old Babylonian) wr. zipah2; zipah; zipahx(|ŠU2.BAD|); šu-pah "a unit of length, hand-span, half-cubit" Akk. ūţu

[1] cuneiform |ŠU.BAD| zipah2
[2] cuneiform MAŠ zipah
[3] cuneiform |ŠU₂.BAD| zipahx(|ŠU2.BAD|)
[4] cuneiform ŠU.LUL šu-pah
+ -0 (1x/100%).
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1 distinct form attested; click to view forms table.

1. a unit of length, hand-span, half-cubit (1x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown [[zipah2]] = = ŠU.BAD = u2-ţu3-um OB Diri "Oxford" 314.

Akk. ūţu "span, half-cubit".

[1992] P. Steinkeller and J.N. Postgate, LAT 89.

[1987] M. Civil, OrNS 56 240.

[1987-90] M.A. Powell, RlA 7 461.

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