๐ ๐พ
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Sumerian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Latin mina, Ancient Greek ฮผฮฝแพถ (mnรข), Hebrew ืึธื ึถื (mฤnรฉh). Possibly borrowed from Akkadian ๐ ๐ก๐ (manรป).[1]
| ๐ | ๐พ |
Noun[edit]
๐ ๐พ โข (ma-na /mana/)
- mina, a Sumerian unit of weight, weighing about 500ยฑ40 grams.
- Code of Ur-Nammu:
- ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐น ๐ ๐พ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐
- tukum-bi lรบ dam nitadam-a-ni in-da-da 1 ma-na kรน babbar ib-lรก-e.
- If a man wants to leave a wife, his head wife, he will / should pay 1 ma-na silver.
- Code of Ur-Nammu:
Usage notes[edit]
1 mana = 60 ๐ (ginโ /โ gigฬโ /, โshekelโ). In the Neo-Assyrian Empire (1st millennium BC) was doubled, or about 1 kg.
References[edit]
- โ๐ ๐พ (mana)โ in ePSD2
- ^ MA Powell: Dimensions and weights - Real Lexicon of Assyriology and Near Eastern Archeology Volume 8 - pg 510, 515 - ISBN=978-3-11-014809-1. "Probably a loanword from Akkadian"