Elementary Sumerian Glossary

saĝ-munus (grown) woman, female (Steinkeller, Sale
Documents 130f., reads saĝ-SAL; others read saĝ-mí)
saĝ-nita (grown) man, male (Steinkeller, Sale
Documents 130f.)
saĝ-nì-GA-ra financial/business capital; amount
available before crediting or debiting The rdg. -gur11ra
is still current; for rdg. -ga-ra see disc. s.v. ĝar.
saĝ(-e-éš) - rig7 to give, present, grant
saĝ - sè(g) to entrust; to take care of, tend to, attend
saĝ - sìg to be brought low, down, be in despair
saĝ - šúm to hurry, rush (into combat) against, attack
saĝ-šu4 → saĝšu
saĝ-ur-saĝ (a member of the cultic personnel of
Inanna, perhaps a "cult warrior" figure who engages in
mock combat in her honor? Cf. Flückiger-Hawker,
Urnamma, p. 225)
saĝ-ús regular, constant, reliable; constant supporter
saĝa chief (temple or palace) administrator (some read
saĝĝa, conventional reading is still sanga) (šangû)
saĝšu, saĝ-šu4 helmet, head covering (usually with
wool or copper determinative)
sahar dirt, soil, sand; dust, powder; ore (Civil, AV
Biggs 21)
sahar-dul-tag4 burial mound (Pre-Sarg.)
sakar → u4-sakar
sal v. & adj. (to be) fine, thin, delicate; to be frivolous
(cf. eme-sal)
sal v. & adj. (to be) wide, broad (cf. tál)
SAL → munus
sám, šám price (cf. sa10 and see discussion in
Steinkeller, Sale Documents 153-155)
saman lead rope (Civil, AV Biggs 21) (šummannu)
sanga → saĝa
santag(2-4) (i.e. saĝtak) cuneiform wedge
sar garden plot; (an area measure = 1/100 iku = 1 sq.
nindan = ca. 38.28 sq. meters)
sar to write (on), inscribe
sar to run, chase
SAR → nisi, u4-sakar
sè(g), sè(k), sì(g) to become, act, make like, make
into; to be equal, equalled; to set, put; to cast (in
moulds); to provide with
se12 → sig7
ses → šeš, sis
si (animal) horn; horn (the musical instrument); hornshaped
thing; tip, point
si to tie (shoes, sandles) (Civil, Or ns 56, 237)
si(g) (sig9), sù(g) to be(come) full; to fill a space,
container, area; to cover, put all over, or to completely
occupy an area or surface; to pile up (šapāku); to inlay,
overlay, coat; to sink (a well, post, peg into the
ground); to do fully; to suffice, be enough; to add
(interest to) (Steinkeller, JESHO 24, 142 + n. 77) The
verb has dual syntax: to fill into (older), to fill with
(newer). It is unclear if only one or several roots are
involved. See further under → sù(g).
si(g) to be(come) silent
si(-ga) silent, silently; adv. si-ga-bé quietly
giš si-ĝar bolt, bar
si-ì-tum (Akk.) remainder
si-ig → sig
si-il, síl(NUN) to unwind (a cord, rope), unfurl; to split,
cleave, divide, breach; to tear or rip up, off, open; to
peel off, strip; to disband (a group) (salātu)
si-im → šèm
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