sikkānu I
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Variant: sikkanu, sikānu
Meanings:
steering paddle, rudder
de:German: Deutsch Steuerpaddel, Ruder
fr:French: Français palette de direction, gouvernail
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE)
Domain: Watercraft
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Logogram: giš
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Etymology: Borrowed ＜ Sum.Sumerian
1Attestations
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts mīnu MÁ 70 GUR ša lā sí-ik-ka-nim ina namraṣim alākša ZA 110, 42 ii 32 SEAL “what is the course of a 70 kor boat, in distress without a rudder?”