šinnu I

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Meanings:
tooth
de:German: Deutsch Zahn
fr:French: Français dent
ar:Arabic: العربية سنّ
Distribution: OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE), OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE), LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE)
Domain: Body parts; tools
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivegender: fem.Femininenumber: pl. fem.Plural feminine šinnāturoot: snnII/gem (mediae geminatae)pattern: PiRS
Logogram: ZÚ
Etymology: Inherited Cf. PSem. *šinn- (see SEDo and SED 1, 249).
7 Lexical

OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) zú-ĝu₁₀ = ši-in-ni CUSAS 12, 155 v 9 (Ugumu) DCCLT “my tooth”. new

OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) zú ga-ĝu₁₀ = ši-in-na-at šizbija CUSAS 12, 155 v 11 (Ugumu) DCCLT “my milk teeth”. new

OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) kinkin zú-ĝu₁₀ = er ši-in-ni-ia CUSAS 12, 155 v 13 (Ugumu) DCCLT “my molar”. new

OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [zú ga]-ĝu₁₀ = ši-in-ni ša šizbi UET 7, 95: 11 (Ugumu) DCCLT “my milk tooth”. new

OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) gištukul zú-ĝu₁₀ = kakki ši-i-⸢ni⸣-ia CUSAS 12, 155 v 15 (Ugumu) DCCLT “my canine tooth”. For the later meaning “molar” for kakku, see Stol 2018, 747. new

OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) zú gal-gal-ĝu₁₀ = ši-in-na-t[u]-⸢ú-a⸣ rabīʾā⸢tum⸣ CUSAS 12, 155 v 17 (Ugumu) DCCLT “my big teeth”. new

OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) zú tur-tu[r-ĝu₁₀] = ši-in-na-t[u-ú-a] ⸢ṣeḫḫe⸣[rētum] CUSAS 12, 155 v 19 (Ugumu) DCCLT “my small teeth”. new

21. Of humans

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [ult]u qaqqadi išallal šin-nu Gilg. SB V 290 eBL “taking from the head a tooth as booty”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) lū dūr ZÚmeš dama iḫâl Heeßel 2003, 231: 16 “or (if) his gums exude blood”. new

32. Of Animals

OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) emārū ší-[n]am lū ṣaḫḫurū lānam lū elīʾū PIHANS 98, 260: 29 “donkeys, (their) tooth shall be small and (their) stature tall”. See Dercksen ib. (a marker of young age?) new

OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) lū a–šinīšu lū a–šalāšīšu ša SIG₅ watrūtim ša lānam elīʾūni u ší-na-am ṣaḫḫurūni NABU 2003/54: 10 “(ask the king for) two or three of the excellent (mules or donkeys) which are tall in stature and small in the teeth”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ZÚ pīri RIMA 3/1, 11: 65 “ivory”. As tribute. new

33. Of tools and weapons
3.1. In (bīt ša) šinni allim

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) n SAR bīt ši-in-ni ⸢giš⸣ < AL > u kagallim ina GN NABU 2012/63 BM 22532 1 ARCHIBAB “n SAR, (including) a house (plot) for the 'tooth of the hoe' and a vancant plot in GN”. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) bīt epši u ši-in-ni [allim] ina GN Janssen et al. 1994, 99 Di 1801 11 “(1) developed house plot and (1) for the 'tooth of the hoe'”. new

LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) bītu ša ina kanīkišu labīri bīt ZÚ alli šaṭru Pientka-Hinz 2002, 202: 3 “a house plot, which in his old deed had been described as 'house (meant) for the tooth of the hoe'”. new

Regarding the bīt šinni allim, the meaning as a 'house or plot for demolition' was put forward by Janssen et al. 1994, 99. as a literal description of the tool used. A hoe or pointed tool is expected to be the tool of choice for the removal of clay or brick (pickaxes are still in use for this in modern times, like excavations in the Near East). The tooth refers to the implement of the hoe, as is attested in ĝišal-zuzú = šin-nu ditto (= allim) MSL 6, 97: 155 (similar to german 'Zinke der Hacke'). This figurative use for the description for plots is attested in Babylonia from the OB to NB period.
24. Other

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [ši-i]n-na-ša ši-in-na-at immerim Farber 2014, 261 no. OB 4: 6' “her set of teeth is of sheeps' teeth”. In the dual probably referring to both rows of teeth, meaning the entirety of the dental apparatus. Cf. Stol 2018, 746. new

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina ši-in-na-ti-šu izâb mūtum AML, 64: 5 SEAL “from his teeth oozes death”. Incantation against a rabid(?) dog. new

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