an [SKY] N (5933x) Early Dynastic I-II, Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Ebla, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, Uncertain, unknown wr. an; a; an-na; ^ŋešan; a-na; an-an; ra-na; an-na-an; an-na-an-na; an-na^mušen; na; na-na; an-x "sky, heaven; upper; crown (of a tree), foliage, ear (of barley etc.); above"

See an.eše e[die]V/i, ana e[die]V/i.

[1]	𒀭	an
[2]	𒀀	a
[3]	𒀭𒈾	an-na
[4]	𒄑𒀭	^ŋeš an
[5]	𒀀𒈾	a-na
[6]	𒀭𒀭	an-an
[7]	𒊏𒈾	ra-na
[8]	𒀭𒈾𒀭	an-na-an
[9]	𒀭𒈾𒀭𒈾	an-na-an-na
[10]	𒀭𒈾𒄷	an-na^mušen
[11]	𒈾	na
[12]	𒈾𒈾	na-na
[13]	𒀭X	an-x
+	--na=n.a (1220x/21%); --ne₂=n.e (137x/2%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]	1	23	60	10	10	66	3136	2127	418	43
[2]								10	1	3
[3]								6		1
[4]								3	2
[5]									4
[6]								2
[7]								2
[8]								1
[9]									1
[10]								1
[11]								1
[12]								1
[13]

64 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic I-II (1x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIa (23x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (60x/1%)

Ebla (10x/0%)

Old Akkadian (10x/0%)

Lagash II (66x/1%)

Ur III (3136x/53%)

Old Babylonian (2154x/36%)

Middle Assyrian (3x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (13x/0%)

Neo-Assyrian (228x/4%)

Neo-Babylonian (63x/1%)

Hellenistic (119x/2%)

Uncertain (1x/0%)

unknown (46x/1%)

Senses:

1. sky, heaven (5881x/99%)

2. upper (14x/0%)

3. crown (of a tree), foliage, ear (of barley etc.) (10x/0%)

4. above (28x/0%)

Akk. šamû.

Bibliography

[2002] J. Hoyrup, Lengths Widths Surfaces 43.

[1973] G. Gragg, Sumerian Dimensional Infixes 17; 31-32.

an

= a-nu-um (OB Nippur Aa 134:1, 134:2, 134:4, 134:5).

= x (CUSAS 12, 1.2.1 r ii' 49').

= šamû (Ea 02 270; OB Nippur Ea 134; YBC 05026 1, 6, 7).

Lexical Associations

šamû[heaven]N (// an[sky])

an = ša-mu-u₂ (Ea 02 270; CT 12, 34-35, K 00197+ r ii 25; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 r ii 21; 2R 50, K 02035A+ r i 17).

šamû[sky]N (// an[sky])

an-na = MIN<(ša₂-mu-u)> (CT 18, pl. 33-35, K 04370+ r i 11').

našû[lift]V ša[of]DET mimma[anything]XP (// an[sky] us[follow])

an-še₃ us₂ = MIN<(na-šu-u₂)> ša₂ mim-ma (CT 19, pl. 42-43, K 00247+ r i 13).

qiddu[vault (of sky)]N (// an[sky] zi[life] sukud[height])

[an] ⸢zi⸣ sukud = qi₂-id-du (TIM 09, 089 o i 23).

šarru[king]N (// X gal[big] an[sky])

⸢X⸣ gal an-⸢na⸣ = MIN.MIN<(LUGAL)> (CT 51, pl. 58-60, BM 122629+ r? iii 22').

šarru[king]N (// barag[sanctum] gal[big] an[sky])

barag gal an-na = LUGAL (CT 18, pl. 29-30, K 02054 o i 27).

rēšu[head]N elû[high]AJ (// gu[neck] an[sky] us[follow])

gu₂ an-na us₂ = MIN<(re-ša₂-an)> e-la-tum (K 02039 o ii 17').

rēšu[head]N elû[high]AJ (// gu[neck] an[sky] zig[rise])

gu₂ an-ba-še₃ zig₃ = MIN<(re-ša₂-an)> e-la-tum (K 02039 o ii 18').

elītu[that which is above]N pi-tu₂ (// gu[neck] kita[lower] an[sky] ak[do])

gu₂^gu₄-gu₂ ki-ta an AK-a = e-li-tum pi-tu₂ (K 02039 r i 4).

kusarikku[bison]N (// gud[ox] dumu[child] an[sky])

gud dumu an-na = MIN<(ku-sa-riq-qu)> (Ura 13 Seg.1, 259; Iraq 06, 175-176, 76 r ii 17').

malku[prince]N (// idim[spring] an[sky])

idim an-na = MIN.MIN<(ma-li-ku)> (CT 51, pl. 58-60, BM 122629+ r? iii 32'; CT 18, pl. 29-30, K 02054 o i 37).

šaqû[be(come) high]V ša[of]DET īnu[eye]N (// igi[eye] an[sky] mu-ŠID)

igi an-še₃ mu-ŠID = MIN<(ša₂-qu-u)> ša₂ i-ni (K 02039 r ii 14).

Dunnum[1]SN (// iri[city] saŋ[head] an[sky])

⸢iri⸣ saŋ an-na = du-un-nu (CT 19, pl. 17-19, K 04386+ r i 18).

šapiltu[lower (part)]N u[and]CNJ elītu[that which is above]N (// ki[place] an[sky] bala[turn])

ki an bal = MIN<(ša₂-pil-tu)> u e-li-tum (K 00064 o i 6').

kakkabu[star]N šamû[sky]N (// kilib[total] an[sky])

kili₃^ki-^li an = MUL AN^e (CT 18, pl. 29-30, K 02054 r ii 15').

mahhû[ecstatic]N (// lu[person] an[sky] dib-ba-ra)

lu₂ an dib-ba-ra = maḫ-ḫu-u₂ (CT 19, pl. 10, K 04197 + CT 19, pl. 07, K 08670 + K 04550 o i 33).

Suen[1]DN (// mul[star] an[sky])

mul an-na (SpTU 3, 116 r i 18').

antu[ear of barley]N (// še[barley] an[sky] DU)

še ⸢an⸣ DU = an-tum šu-bul-tu₂ (SpTU 3, 116 r ii 30').

References for all phrases

KID-KID an[sky]

KID-KID an-na (OB Nippur Lu 830).

an[sky]

an (MSL 14, 023 Fc r i' 19'; MSL 07, 209 V01 r v 14; MSL 14, 023 Fk r ii' 10; OB Nippur Ea 134; OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 14, Tab.I, 57; MSL 13, 13 J, 14 R r ii 13'; MSL 14, 018 Ai (+) Fg e 4'; MSL 14, 29 Lb a iii 11; PBS 12, 56 r ii' 21'; CUSAS 42, 572 = CUNES 49-13-154 r i 1'; CUSAS 42, 577 = CUNES 50-02-146 r i 1, r iii 2, r iv 10; MSL 14, 018 Bb o iv 12).

an = a-nu-um (YBC 05026 1; OB Nippur Aa 134:1).

an = e-lu-u₂-um (YBC 05026 6; OB Nippur Aa 134:2).

an = [...] (MSL 14, 87 A r i 6', r i 7', r i 8'; CUSAS 12, 1.2.1 r ii' 49').

an = ⸢ša-mu⸣-u₂ (OB Nippur Aa 134:4; MSL 14, 122-127 09 593).

an = ša-qu-u₂-um (YBC 05026 7).

an = ša-[qu₂-u₂]-um (OB Nippur Aa 134:5).

an = ⸢ša^?⸣-[...] (MSL 14, 87 A r i 9', r i 10').

an = ša-mu-u₂ (Ea 02 270; CT 12, 34-35, K 00197+ r ii 25; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 r ii 21; 2R 50, K 02035A+ r i 17).

an-na = MIN<(ša₂-mu-u)> (CT 18, pl. 33-35, K 04370+ r i 11').

an[sky] X-me-eš

[^gi]⸢an-na⸣ X-me-eš (CUSAS 12, 3.2.01 o ii 29).

an[sky] bala[turn]

an bala (Nippur Nigga 358).

an[sky] bala[turn] ki[place] bala[turn]

an bala ki bala (Nippur Nigga 414).

an[sky] kar[blow] LAK004 ki[place]

an-še₃ kar₂^? LAK004 ki (ED Plants 56).

an[sky] si-BAD₃-x

an si-⸢BAD₃⸣-[...] = [...] (K 02039 o ii 1').

an[sky] sud[distant]

⸢an⸣ sud (OrNS 70, 210-211 r iii 25).

an[sky] us[follow]

an-še₃ us₂ = MIN<(na-šu-u₂)> ša₂ mim-ma (CT 19, pl. 42-43, K 00247+ r i 13).

an[sky] usuh[tree]

^ŋešan u₃-suḫ₅ (Education in the Earliest Schools no. 019 iii 23; Emar 6/1, p. 105-109, Msk 731030 o ii 2; OB Nippur Ura 1 27a; CUSAS 12, 3.1.10 o 12'; Emar 6/2, p. 415-416, Msk 74163b o ii 5).

an[sky] u₂-su₄-an

an <u₂>-su₄-<<DIŠ>>-an (PBS 12, 04 o i 6').

an[sky] zi[life] sukud[height]

[an] ⸢zi⸣ sukud = qi₂-id-du (TIM 09, 089 o i 23).

an[sky] še[barley]

an še (UM 55-21-393 r ii 9'; SLT 018 r iii 5'; SLT 015 c iii 13; SLT 12 r iii 6').

X gal[big] an[sky]

⸢X⸣ gal an-⸢na⸣ = MIN.MIN<(LUGAL)> (CT 51, pl. 58-60, BM 122629+ r? iii 22').

a[water] du[go] an[sky]

a du-u₃ an-ta (HS 1814 o ii' 5').

a[water] šu[hand] an[sky]

a šu-ŋu₁₀-uš an-ta (OB Nippur Kagal 403).

a šu-ŋu₁₀-uš an-⸢ta⸣ = me-e a-na qa₂-ti-[ia] ⸢x-x⸣ (MSL 13, 65 and 83 D1 o 6).

anur[horizon] su[red] an[sky]

an-ur₂ su₄^!(LAGAR^g) an-⸢ta^?⸣ (OrNS 70, 210-211 r iii 22).

apap[pipe] an[sky]

a-pap an (OB Nippur Kagal 437; HS 1698 r ii' 6').

ašag[field] ŋarim[meadow] saŋ[head] an[sky]

a-šag₄ ŋarin(LAGAB×KU₃) saŋ an-na (OB Nippur Ura 5 114).

barag[sanctum] gal[big] an[sky]

barag gal an-na = LUGAL (CT 18, pl. 29-30, K 02054 o i 27).

dur[bond] an[sky] X-me-eš

⸢^gidur an⸣-na X-me-eš (CUSAS 12, 3.2.01 o ii 32).

e[house] melim[splendor] an[sky]

[e₂] me-lim₄ an-na (OB Nippur Kagal 225b).

egal[palace] an[sky]

e₂-gal an-ne₂ (CUSAS 12, 2.1.1 r i 9').

en[incantation] Utu[1] en[lord] gal[big] Šamaš[1] bēlu[lord] rabû[big] ša[of] šamû[heaven] u[and] erṣetu[earth] an[sky] ki[place]

en₂ ^dutu en gal ^dUTU EN GAL^u₂ ša₂ AN^e u KI^tim an ki-bi-da (PBS 12, 07 o 6').

gilim[foliage] an[sky]

^ŋešgilim an-na (OB Nippur Ura 1 137).

gu[neck] an[sky] us[follow]

gu₂ an-na us₂ = MIN<(re-ša₂-an)> e-la-tum (K 02039 o ii 17').

gu[neck] an[sky] zig[rise]

gu₂ an-ba-še₃ zig₃ = MIN<(re-ša₂-an)> e-la-tum (K 02039 o ii 18').

gu[neck] kita[lower] an[sky] ak[do]

gu₂^gu₄-gu₂ ki-ta an AK-a = e-li-tum pi-tu₂ (K 02039 r i 4).

gud[ox] an[sky]

gud an-na (CUNES 48-10-030 = CUSAS 42, 404 o 2; MSL 11, A 07895 xi 14; OB Nippur Ura 3 197).

gud an-[na] = [...] (LTBA 1, 70 o 8').

gud[ox] dumu[child] an[sky]

gud dumu^! [an^?-na^?] = [...] (LTBA 1, 70 o 10').

gud dumu an-na = MIN<(ku-sa-riq-qu)> (Ura 13 Seg.1, 259; Iraq 06, 175-176, 76 r ii 17').

idim[spring] an[sky]

idim an-na = MIN.MIN<(ma-li-ku)> (CT 51, pl. 58-60, BM 122629+ r? iii 32'; CT 18, pl. 29-30, K 02054 o i 37).

igi[eye] an[sky] mu-ŠID

igi an-še₃ mu-ŠID = MIN<(ša₂-qu-u)> ša₂ i-ni (K 02039 r ii 14).

iri[city] saŋ[head] an[sky]

⸢iri⸣ saŋ an-na = du-un-nu (CT 19, pl. 17-19, K 04386+ r i 18).

ki[place] an[sky] bala[turn]

ki an bal = MIN<(ša₂-pil-tu)> u e-li-tum (K 00064 o i 6').

kilib[total] an[sky]

kili₃^ki-^li an = MUL AN^e (CT 18, pl. 29-30, K 02054 r ii 15').

lu[person] an[sky] dib-ba-ra

lu₂ an dib-ba-ra = maḫ-ḫu-u₂ (CT 19, pl. 10, K 04197 + CT 19, pl. 07, K 08670 + K 04550 o i 33).

lugal[king] an[sky] šarru[king] x

lugal an šar-⸢ru^?⸣ [...] (AOAT 275, 387, BM 054203 o 2').

mul[star] an[sky]

mul an-na (SpTU 3, 116 r i 18').

mušen[bird] an[sky] šub[fall]

mušen an mu-šub (ED Plants 86).

nim[fly] an[sky]

⸢nim⸣ an-⸢na⸣ (CUNES 50-04-171 o 2).

ninda[bread] igi[eye] an[sky]

ninda igi an-[na] (SLT 16 r i 4).

ninda[bread] ki[place] an[sky]

ninda ki an-na (SLT 018 iii 8').

nugig[priestess] an[sky]

nu-gig an-na (OB Nippur Izi Tab.II, 171; MSL 13, 40 B o iv 18').

sa[net] zaglal[suspension] an[sky]

[^ŋeš]⸢sa⸣ zag-la an-na (UET 6, 0677 + 0678 + UET 7, 087 + 091 r iv 18').

zi[life] an[sky] x

⸢zi⸣ an-ne₂ [x] (CUSAS 12, 7.1 B o ii 14').

ŋiri[foot] an[sky]

⸢ŋiri₃⸣ an-na^mušen (CM 22, pl. 35-36 r v 9).

še[barley] an[sky] DU

še ⸢an⸣ DU = an-tum šu-bul-tu₂ (SpTU 3, 116 r ii 30').

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