𒋀

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𒋀 U+122C0, 𒋀
CUNEIFORM SIGN SHESH
← 𒊿
[U+122BF] 		CuneiformCategory:Cuneiform block#*0000074432 𒋁 →
[U+122C1]
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Translingual

Cuneiform sign

𒋀Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#𒋀Category:Pages with entries#𒋀Category:Pages with 3 entries#𒋀 Sign Number
MZL 535
Deimel 331
HZL 79

References

  • R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
  • A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
  • Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

Sign values

Sign 𒋀
Sumerograms SES, URI₃, URU₃, ŠEŠ, ŠIZ
Phonetic values sis, siš, šiš

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from SumerianCategory:Akkadian terms borrowed from Sumerian#𒋀Category:Akkadian orthographic borrowings from Sumerian#𒋀Category:Akkadian terms derived from Sumerian#𒋀 𒋀 (šeš, “brother”).

Logogram

𒋀 • (ŠEŠ)Category:Akkadian alternative forms#𒋀Category:Akkadian entries with incorrect language header#𒋀Category:Pages with entries#𒋀Category:Pages with 3 entries#𒋀

  1. Sumerogram of aḫum

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from SumerianCategory:Akkadian terms borrowed from Sumerian#𒋀Category:Akkadian orthographic borrowings from Sumerian#𒋀Category:Akkadian terms derived from Sumerian#𒋀 𒋀 (ses, “bitter”).

Logogram

𒋀 • (SES)Category:Akkadian alternative forms#𒋀Category:Akkadian entries with incorrect language header#𒋀Category:Pages with entries#𒋀Category:Pages with 3 entries#𒋀

  1. Sumerogram of marrum

Etymology 3

Logogram

𒋀 • (ŠEŠ)Category:Akkadian alternative forms#𒋀Category:Akkadian entries with incorrect language header#𒋀Category:Pages with entries#𒋀Category:Pages with 3 entries#𒋀

  1. Sumerogram of annûm (“this”)

Sumerian

Etymology 1

Noun

𒋀 • (šeš /šeš/)Category:Sumerian lemmas#𒋀Category:Sumerian nouns#𒋀Category:Sumerian entries with incorrect language header#𒋀Category:Pages with entries#𒋀Category:Pages with 3 entries#𒋀

  1. brother
  2. junior worker, assistant
Usage notes
  • It was probably pronounced /ses/ at least through Old Babylonian times.

Etymology 2

Noun

𒋀 • (mun₄)Category:Sumerian lemmas#𒋀Category:Sumerian nouns#𒋀Category:Sumerian entries with incorrect language header#𒋀Category:Pages with entries#𒋀Category:Pages with 3 entries#𒋀

  1. alternative form of 𒁵 (mun, “salt, brackish”)

Verb

𒋀 • (ses /sis/ or transliteration needed /ses/)Category:Sumerian lemmas#𒋀Category:Sumerian verbs#𒋀Category:Requests for transliteration of Sumerian terms#𒋀Category:Sumerian entries with incorrect language header#𒋀Category:Pages with entries#𒋀Category:Pages with 3 entries#𒋀

  1. to be bitter, brackish, saline

See also

References

Category:sux:Male family members#𒋀
Category:Akkadian alternative forms Category:Akkadian orthographic borrowings from Sumerian Category:Akkadian terms borrowed from Sumerian Category:Akkadian terms derived from Sumerian Category:Character boxes with images Category:Cuneiform block Category:Cuneiform script characters Category:Pages with 3 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Requests for transliteration of Sumerian terms Category:Sumerian lemmas Category:Sumerian nouns Category:Sumerian verbs Category:sux:Male family members