dub [GO AROUND]

(30 instances)

dub [GO AROUND] (30x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. dab6; dub "to go around, encircle, turn; to search; to tarry" Akk. lawû; sahāru

[1] cuneiform URUDA dab6
[2] cuneiform DUB dub
+ -0 (25x/83%); -ba (4x/13%); -be2 (1x/3%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 5 17 5
[2] 2

15 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. to go around, encircle, turn (30x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur [[dub]] = [du-ub] = [DUB] = la#-mu#-u2#-um# OB Aa 188:1. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu [x] tug2# gu2-dab6 STTI 072 3; [x tug2] gu2#-dab6 STTI 072 3; [ŠU+LAGAB x] tug2# gu2-dab6# [...] STTI 133 2. ELA/Ur III/Girsu ŠU+LAGAB 4(diš) tug2 gu2-dab6 UNT 039 r i 5; ŠU+LAGAB 2(diš) gada a-dab6 UNT 039 r ii 7; 2(diš) gada a-dab6 UNT 042 1. ELA/Ur III/Umma 1(diš) ma-na gada a-dab6 BIN 05, 323 8. ELA/Ur III/Ur 6(diš) še dab6-ba-a nig2-hi UET 3, 0452 4; 1(diš) gada a-dab6 3(diš)-kam us2 UET 3, 1727 3; 1(diš) gada a-dab6 3(diš)-kam us2 UET 3, 1746 1; 1(diš) gada a-dab6 šar3 UET 3, 1746 9; [...] 1(diš) tug2 ha-dab6 gešgu-za UET 3, 1753 3; ŠU+LAGAB 1(diš) tug2 ha-dab6! gešgu-za ra šar3 UET 3, 1754 r ii 8; dug lahtan2-e ba-ab-dab6 UET 3, 1768 9. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu e-dab6 DP 451 o ii 5; e-dab6 DP 451 r i 2; gag dab6tab-ba NFT p. 181, AO 4156 o i 2. unknown/ED IIIb/Nippur tu4 mu-dab6#-be2 ASJ 16, p. 43-46 prism viii 11; inim an-dab6-e ASJ 16, p. 43-46 prism i 13; ki an-da inim an-dab6-e ASJ 16, p. 43-46 prism i 14. unknown/Old Akkadian/Girsu 4(aš@c) tug2 gu2-dab6 ITT 5, 09297 2; 1(aš@c) tug2 gu2-dab6 sig5 RTC 197 7. unknown/Ur III/Umma 1(diš) gada a-dab6 SANTAG 6, 011 3.

See: uzu šag dub.

2. to search

3. to tarry

Akk. lawû "to surround"; sahāru "to go around, turn".

See ETCSL: dab6=to surround.

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