𒄑𒂟

Akkadian

Noun

𒄑𒂟 • (gišrinnu) [GEŠ.ERIM, GIŠ.ERIM, GEŠ.ERIN₂, GIŠ.ERIN₂]

1. scales

   c. early second millennium BCE, Proverbs, collection 17 (c.6.1.17), proverb 3.64, segment b7, lines 22-23

   • 𒄑𒂟 𒊓 𒀝𒁍 𒃻 𒄊𒀀𒄰
     𒁮𒃼𒊏 𒆪𒇷𒉌𒅕 𒇽 𒈾𒀭𒌇𒌇

     g̃iš-erin₂ sa ak-pu₂ nig̃₂ g̃iri₃-a-kam
     dam-gar₃-ra gu₅-li-ni-ir lu₂ na-an-tuku-tuku

     Scales made with a net are a pit contrived of dishonesty;
     should a man then take a merchant for his friend?

     (https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205830/http://psd.museum.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/cdlhtml?project=ctxt&mode=ctxt&item=Q000797&line=Q000797.c6103.A.3.64.126&frag=Q000797.c6103.A.3.63.124#a.Q000797.c6103.A.3.63.124)

Descendants

• Old Armenian: կշիռ (kšiṙ)

References

• ePSD