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ŠEN
English: cauldron (ORACC ePSD2 glossary, CC0)
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| eBL name | ŠEN |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+122BF CUNEIFORM SIGN SHEN |
| Sign lists | HZL 230 · LAK 713 · MZL 17 · OBZL 306 · SLLHA 8 · KWU 894 · ABZ 8 |
| Corpus uses | 2,502 tokens |
| Live count | tablets with “šen” |
English gloss
| šen[cauldron]N | cauldron | 206 attestations |
| šen[pure]V/i | pure | 41 attestations |
| dur[ax]N | ax | 16 attestations |
| šen[battle]N | battle | 15 attestations |
Source: ORACC ePSD2 glossary (CC0).
Readings
dur10rik4rugrukruqruqusan2sun6šenšinšunzin
Also in OGSL: šemₓ
Use by period
| Archaic | 0 | |
| Early Dynastic | 67 | |
| Old Akkadian | 22 | |
| Ur III | 380 | |
| Old Babylonian | 663 | |
| Middle Bab./Assyr. | 48 | |
| Hittite | 0 | |
| Neo-Assyrian | 880 | |
| Neo-/Late Babylonian | 157 |
Sign list: eBL (LMU Munich), with OGSL readings and Unicode (ORACC, CC0). Counts: Unread Atlas corpus. Credits.