gal [BIG]

(6612 instances)

gal [BIG] (6612x: ED IIIa, ED IIIb, Ebla, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Early Old Babylonian, Old Babylonian, unknown) wr. gal; gu-la; gu-ul; gal-gal; ku-ul "(to be) big, great; (to be) retired, former; (to be) mature (of male animals)" Akk. rabû

See haš gal hur[scratch the groin], ni gal gur[awesome].

[1] cuneiform GAL gal
[2] cuneiform GU.LA gu-la
[3] cuneiform GU.|U.GUD| gu-ul
[4] cuneiform GAL.GAL gal-gal
[5] cuneiform KU.|U.GUD| ku-ul
+ -0 (6315x/96%); -la (252x/4%); -le (41x/1%); -la2 (2x/0%); -le2 (1x/0%); -lam (1x/0%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 198 3047 1408 9
[2] 26 857 80 2
[3] 19
[4] 2
[5] 2

239 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. (to be) big, great (6612x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIa/unknown PA:DU6 ab2-udu gal ED Lu A 101; DUN3 gal ED Lu A 103; PA:dim gal ED Lu A 107; gal ED Lu A 110; sandax(SAĜĜA) gana2 gal ED Lu A 115; MUŠ&KAK&MUŠ gal ED Lu A 121; HAL:DUR gal ED Lu A 124; ŠA gal ED Lu A 37; TAG gal ED Lu A 45; PA:USAN gal ED Lu A 95; gal šab ED Officials 62. LEX/ED IIIb/Nippur 3(u@c) la2 1(aš@c) IB gal-gal TMH 5, 141 2. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ĝišzu2 gu-la nimbar OB Nippur Ura 1 93; gi niĝ2 gal-gal OB Nippur Ura 2 160; siki bar gu-la OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.6, 215'; muš-lah5 gal OB Nippur Lu 652; gal-le-eš OB Nippur Lu 72. LEX/Old Babylonian/Sippar [[ giš-nu11 gal]] = ni-iš-nu-gal# = [GIŠ.ŠIR.GAL] = [...] OB Diri Sippar Seg.4, 4; [[ giš-nu11 gal]] = = = x#-[...] OB Diri Sippar Seg.4, 5. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown lu2 gu-[la] = [ra-bu-um] OB Lu-Azlag A 147; lu2 še si-par3 gal = ša a-ma-an-di-ni ra-bi#-tim OB Lu-Azlag A 189; lu2# al#-gu-la = ra#-[bu-u2] lu2-azlag B and C Seg.2, 28; lu2# gu#-la# = ra#-bu#-um# lu2-azlag B and C Seg.2, 131. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu tug2-du8 gal AoF 22,110f. o v 11; 5(ban2@c) zu2-lum geš si4 gal-gal VS 27, 080 o i 2; 8(aš@c) la2 1(barig@c) šum2-sikil gal-gal gur-sag-gal2 VS 14, 006 o i 1. ELA/ED IIIb/Nippur muhaldim gal TMH 5, 011 o iii 10; LU2-TUG2 gal TMH 5, 109 4; 3(u@c) 5(aš@c) giš-ur3 gal-gal OSP 1, 094 o i 1. ELA/ED IIIb/Umma 1(barig@c) ni u2 gal še3 1(barig@c) RGK 20050520j o i 8; gal5-la2 gal RGK 20050520n r iii 10; 2(iku@c) gu-la RGK 20050520n o iii 6. ELA/ED IIIb/unknown 4(u@c) 3(aš@c) ma2 gal-gal Nik 1, 012 o i 3; gal dam-gar3 Nik 1, 017 o vi 4; 2(barig@c) 2(ban2) šum2-sikil gal-gal Nik 1, 046 r i 8. ELA/Old Akkadian/Adab [ŠU+LAGAB-ŠU+LAGAB] 1(barig@c) gu2-gu2 gal Adab 0624 13; x gal Adab 0675 9; GAN2 maš-da gu#-[la] Adab 0699+0823 12. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu [...] gal#-la RTC 264 r i 1; diri 3(u) la2 1(diš) tug2 aktum gal RTC 276 r ii 12; 1(geš2) tug2 aktum gal RTC 285 11. ELA/Old Akkadian/Nippur 2(aš@c) pisan-gi gal-gal OSP 2, 075 8; kikiri6 gu-la OSP 2, 081 8; ŠU+LAGAB 2(barig) 1(aš@c) 3(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) še gur gal sar OSP 2, 082 13; kikiri6 gu#-[la] OSP 2, 104 o iv 7. ELA/Old Akkadian/Umma 4(bur3@c) ša-gal MAD 4, 149 5. ELA/Old Akkadian/Ur kin2!? da-gal UET 2 supp 16 o i 1; gal-un UET 2 supp 16 o iv 3. ELA/Old Akkadian/unclear dumu da-gu-la#-ke4!? MC 4, 58 5. ELA/Old Akkadian/unknown e2-kišib gu-la-a MAD 4, 105 2. ELA/Lagash II/Girsu [...] 1(diš)# tug2 aktum gal MVN 06, 431 3; gurum2? geškiri6 geš gal-gal MVN 07, 176 4; x kur-gu4-um aga3-us2 gal MVN 07, 386 10. ELA/Ur III/Adab 1(aš) gur e2-gal gu-la giri3 i-ri-ib MVN 03, 376 7. ELA/Ur III/Drehem mu en unu6 gal dinanna ba-hun Aegyptus 17, 56, 101 3; mu en unu6 gal dinanna ba-hun Aegyptus 19, 238, 10 7; mu en unu6 gal dinanna ba-hun Aegyptus 27, 36, no. 26 4. ELA/Ur III/Girsu ur-dnanše aga3-us2 gal AAS 166 3; šu-ku-bu-um aga3-us2 gal AAS 169 8'; bu3-ka u3 šu-u2-u2 lu2 geštukul gu-la AAS 173 3. ELA/Ur III/Lagash da-a-num2 lu2 geštukul gu-la Rochester 152 7. ELA/Ur III/Nippur mu en unu6 gal dinanna ba-hun AUCT 3, 445 2; mu en unu6 gal dinanna ba-hun-ga2 BE 03/1, 011 9; mu en unux(TE)? gal BE 03/1, 018 7. ELA/Ur III/Susa mu gal ku3 elam-še3 MDP 10, 71 121 3; bala gu-la MDP 10, 71 121 1; mu en unu6 gal dinanna ba-hun MDP 10, 73 125 4; iti GAN2-x x x bala gu!?-la!? MDP 23, 164 303 2; mu en unu6 gal dinanna ba-hun MDP 28, 071 454 3; bala gu-la MDP 28, 505 2. ELA/Ur III/Umma [x] gal x [...] bala-a AAS 033 6; 2(ban2) 3(u) 2(diš) 2/3(diš) sila3 zi3 gu2 gal AAS 065 10; u4-sakar gu-la AAS 152 3. ELA/Ur III/Ur 1(geš2) 2(u) 7(diš) geš gal bar-da gešig-še3 MVN 01, 117 1; 1(u) 6(diš) geš gal [x] MVN 01, 117 11; mu di-bi2-dsuen# lugal-e bad3 gal mu-du3 MVN 03, 261 5. ELA/Ur III/Wilayah 3(u) 4(diš) gu2 gal JCS 38, 035 09 1. ELA/Ur III/unclear 1(diš) geš gal AAS 127 1; 1(geš2) 1(u) 5(aš) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 8(diš) 1/3(diš)!? sila3 gu gal gur# AAS 200 o iii 7; [x] x x U U gal AUCT 2, 225 o i 18'. ELA/Early Old Babylonian/Nippur bad3 gal-gal 2(diš)-a-bi SAOC 44, 16 25. ELA/Early Old Babylonian/unknown mu us2-sa šu-nir gal dinanna ba-dim2 BIN 09, 004 3; mu šu-nir gal dinanna ba-dim2 BIN 09, 005 5; mu bad3 gal i-ti-il-pa2-šu-nu mu-du3 BIN 09, 068 4. ELA/Old Babylonian/Nippur mu mu x bad3? gal? ki? lugal-e UCP 9-2-1, 069 10; bad3 gal gu2 i7-idigna OB Contracts, pl. B5-6 no. 12 26; ni2 gal-a-ni [...] bi2-[...] ARN 100 15; urudalan gal-gal 3(diš)-a-bi# ARN 007 29. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown inim gal = x#-[...] MSLSSI, 17-27 iii 1; ka ĝir2-ĝir2 gal = pi-i zi-qi-it [pat]-ri! MSLSSI, 17-27 iii 25; [[gal]] = = GAL = ma-a-du-um RA 09, 77-78 i 19; [[[gal]]] = = [GAL?] = ra#-bu#-u2-um RA 21, 178 ii 9. unknown/ED IIIb/Adab x gal BIN 08, 026 o ii 4. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu 2(aš@c) ma-sa2 gal-gal ku6 DP 051 o i 1; <x> ma-sa2 gu-la ku6 DP 051 2'; 4(ban2@c) gaʾarx(LAK490) gal-gal DP 051 r ii 3. unknown/ED IIIb/Lagash nun nita ensi2 gal-ke4 BiMes 03, 13 i 3; dingir-bi dnin-gur7 nu nunuz u2 gal BiMes 03, 26 ii 5; dingir-bi dnin-gir2-su ur-sag gal en-lil2-la2 BiMes 03, 26 ii 9. unknown/ED IIIb/Nippur sagi gal OSP 1, 119 4; da-ba-la-e gal i3-ga-mu-zu ASJ 16, p. 43-46 prism xv 11; gal i3-ga-mu-zu ASJ 16, p. 43-46 prism xix 3. unknown/ED IIIb/unclear lu2 ME gal-le2 BIN 08, 011 r i 5; 1(aš@c) gal KA×GA? BIN 08, 011 o i 3; gal# x LAGAB!? BIN 08, 159 o iv 5'. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown 3(barig@c) še ur TUR gal dub BIN 08, 060 o ii 1; gu-la# BIN 08, 115 2; 1(aš@c) 2(barig@c) gur lu2# gu#-la# BIN 08, 163 3. unknown/Old Akkadian/Adab 5(aš@c) ma-ša-lum zabar gal OIP 014, 103 6; ugarx(SIG7) gal sukkal OIP 014, 163 5; 1(aš@c) šagan gal i3-nun du10-ga OIP 014, 178 3; 1(aš@c) gurdub gu2-gu2 gal OIP 014, 182 2. unknown/Old Akkadian/Girsu geškiri6 gu-la ITT 2, 05725 2; GAN2 ad-da-[...] gal-un RTC 151 3. unknown/Old Akkadian/Umma 1(ban2@c) 2(aš@c) sila3 ga-ar3 gal MCS 9, 247 23. unknown/Old Akkadian/unknown 2(aš@c) gurdub gal ku6 dar-ra Bridges p. 459 o ii 6; 2(aš@c) ziz2 gurdub gal Bridges p. 459 o ii 8; 1(u) 2(diš) gurdub gal bappir Bridges p. 459 o ii 12; 3(aš@c) gurdub gal munu4 Bridges p. 459 o ii 15. unknown/Ur III/Drehem gal5-la2 gal Aleppo 013 4; mu en unu6 gal dinanna Aleppo 018 5; 5(aš) gu2 geš gal! Aleppo 095 2. unknown/Ur III/Girsu 1(diš) udu dli9-si4 gu-la ASJ 10, 033 6; 1(diš) udu ur-dnin-gir2-su gu-la ASJ 10, 033 2; ab-za-lum lu2 geštukul gu-la ASJ 10, 257 20 2. unknown/Ur III/Lagash šu-ga-ti lu2 geštukul gu-la Rochester 151 7. unknown/Ur III/Nippur [mu ...] bad3 gal ba-du3 BBVO 11, 265, 5N-T436+ 15; mu en unu6 gal an-na ba-hun-ga2# BBVO 11, 270, 6N-T082 4; mu bad3 gal ba-du3 BBVO 11, 271, 6N-T120 2. unknown/Ur III/Umma mu# en unu6 gal dinanna ba-hun AR RIM 07 10 r iv 16; mu [en] unu6# gal dinanna# ba-hun ASJ 16, 109 15 2; mu en unu6 gal an-na ba-hun ASJ 19, 216 46 1. unknown/Ur III/unclear 1(aš) gu2 gal gur DoCu 263 3; mu en unu6 gal dinanna unuki ba-hun Hirose 403 2; mu en unu6 gal dinanna ba-hun LÕuomo 68 8. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown gešna2 gu-la TLB 5, 05 2.

~ XLEX/ED IIIa/unknown gal kiri6 ED Lu A 109; tidimx(TI) gal ED Lu A 117; luhšu nirx(GAL) ED Lu A 119; gal BAD×DIŠ@t ED Lu A 12; HUB2 gal ED Lu A 120; PA:URUDU gal ED Lu A 123; MES:KEŠDA gal ED Lu A 126; LUH gal ED Lu A 18; ŠAB gal ED Lu A 25; AK gal ED Lu A 34; IM gal ED Lu A 35; GA2×DI-ME gal ED Lu A 40; GA2×UD ME gal ED Lu A 43; SI-KAK-BI gal ED Lu A 58; EZEN gal ED Lu A 73; enkudx(ZAG) gal ED Lu A 80; labx(DU6) gal ED Lu A 87; gal MUŠ&KAK&MUŠ ED Officials 45; gal dilmun ED Officials 51. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown u3 KAR2&KAR2 gal ŠID ED Geography B 99; gal ED Geography B 40; sila3 gal ED Geography B 41. LEX/unknown/unknown ga-ar2 gal SLT 015 prism ii 12. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu ku6 GAN2 ka gal-kam VS 14, 132 o ii 3; 2(aš@c) ERIM durx(.ANŠE)# gal-gal VS 25, 066 o i 1; 2(diš)-ERIM nita kunga2 gal-gal VS 27, 001 o i 1; udu!? gal!?-gal MVN 10, 101 1. ELA/ED IIIb/Nippur ki dam-gar3 gal-ta# OSP 1, 017 r i 1. ELA/Old Akkadian/Adab 1(barig@c) gu2-gu2 gal Adab 0624 14; ŠU+LAGAB 1(barig@c) [gu2-gu2 gal] Adab 0624 10; [ŠU+LAGAB x] gu2-gu2 gal Adab 0646 r ii 2; GAN2 e2 šah2 gu-la Adab 0692 2. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu 3(aš@c) su7 gal STTI 138 4. ELA/Ur III/Drehem siskur2 gu-la AnOr 07, 154 r ii 11; 1(diš) sar numun sum 1(diš) sila3 sag sum 2/3(diš) sila3 gu-la [x]-ta PDT 2, 0911 o ii 10; 1(u) 5(diš) sila4 siskur2 gu-la 3-eš3-aš SET 088 r i 12. ELA/Ur III/Girsu kal-la-mu aga3-us2 gal AAS 169 8; a2 gu4 hun-ga2 u3 lu2 hun-ga2 gal!? Berens 022 o ii 14; [...] lu2 geštukul gu-la Berens 085 10. ELA/Ur III/Nippur mu us2-sa bad3 gal NATN 139 4; sagi gal TMH NF 1-2, 352 2. ELA/Ur III/Umma ki-su7 gu-la a-ša3-la2-mah še a-ta du8-a AAS 028 r ii 6; ki-su7 gu-la a-ša3-la2-mah-ta BCT 2, 193 3; ki-su7 gu-la# [...] BIN 05, 119 o iii 20. ELA/Ur III/Ur [x] gešbanšur ha-lu-ub2 gu-la UET 3, 0828 6; ŠU+LAGAB 4(barig) gu2 gal UET 3, 1082 o ii 3; 1(diš) geš gal ha-lu-šu [...] PI ba-[...] UET 3, 1122 2; ŠU+LAGAB 1(barig) 5(ban2) 5(diš) sila3 gu2 gal-gal UET 3, 1395 o i 7; [...] gal ma2!?-tag? [x]-bi za-gin3 [...] UET 3, 1498 o iv 24; gal za-lum-šu dub dub? UET 9, 0668 x; [...] gu-la UET 9, 1332 x. ELA/Ur III/unclear ŠU+LAGAB 3(ban2) še sa gu2 gal TSU 108 r ii 11. ELA/Early Old Babylonian/unknown mu gešnig2-umbin gu-la geš?-dal-še3 BIN 10, 044 2. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu 1(aš@c) šum[urudu] gu-la RTC 022 r i 1; [2(aš@c) ERIM durx(.ANŠE) kunga2 gal-gal] MVN 03, 004 o i 1. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown 2(aš@c) ERIM durx(.ANŠE)# kunga2# gal-gal# HSS 03, 30 i 1. unknown/Ur III/Drehem siskur2 ki-su7 gu-la a-ša3-la2-mah Aleppo 413 3; siskur2 ki-su7 gu-la a-ša3-la2-mah MVN 15, 233 3; mu en unu6 gal an-na Rochester 055 5. unknown/Ur III/Girsu ŠU+LAGAB 1(aš) 2(barig) gu2 gal-gal SNAT 261 r ii 3; 5(diš) sila3 zi3 a-ad-da lu2 geštukul gu-la ši-ma-aš-ki-ta du-ni SAT 1, 111 1; 5(diš) id-gur2 i3-geš u4 5(diš)-kam ša3 iri 1(u) gin2 i3 kaskal-še3 a-bu-da-ab aga3-us2 gal saharki-HAR-šinigki-še3 gen-na SAT 1, 139 1; 1(diš) id-gur2 i3 ša3 iri a-bu-ni-a aga3-us2 gal ši-ma-aš-ki-še3 du-ni SAT 1, 141 2; 4(diš) id-gur2 i3-geš u4 2(diš)-kam šu-la-a dumu nu-banda3 u3 dingir-ba-ni aga3-us2 gal ši-ma-aš-ki-ta du-ni SAT 1, 144 2; ŠU+LAGAB 1(burʾu) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 ab-sin2 gal TCTI 2, 02795 8. unknown/Ur III/Umma ki-su7 gu-la a-ša3-la2-mah gub-ba MVN 16, 0951 2; ki-su7 gu-la a-ša3-la2-mah gub-ba MVN 16, 1239 2; ki-su7 gu-la a-ša3-la2-mah-ta MVN 16, 1277 3. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown mu bad3 gal kar-[dutu] IM 051847 15; bad3 didli gal-gal e-mu-ut-ba-lum SAOC 44, 46 25.

~ e[house]LEX/ED IIIa/unknown gal e2 ED Lu A 108; GAL E2 ED Lu A 127. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu 3(u@c) gešu3-suh5 gal-gal VS 14, 056 o i 1. ELA/Ur III/Girsu a-ru-a lu2-me-lam2 nu-banda3 ma2 gal-gal STA 10 o iv 17'. ELA/Ur III/Nippur 5(diš) dug šagan gal NATN 069 1. unknown/Ur III/Girsu su#-bi su geš gal e2 ba-a-la2 TCTI 2, 03527 6; bi2-la-num2 aga3-us2 gal-gal MVN 20, 124 1. unknown/Ur III/Umma 2(diš) ur2 gešasal2 gal SAT 2, 0223 2. unknown/Old Babylonian/Nippur ki-e3-še3 igi-bi e-sir2 gu-la SAOC 44, 37 4.

~ muš[snake]LEX/ED IIIa/unknown gal muš ED Officials 44.

~ pa[branch] dim[post]LEX/ED IIIa/unknown gal pa dim ED Officials 61.

See: X abudu gal; X gana gal; X piriĝ gal; a gal; abula gal; adKID gal; ama gal; amar gal; anše dur gal; anše gal; asi gal; ašag ĝarim gal; ašgab gal; azu gal; bahar gal; balaĝ gal; barsig gal; bir gal; bur gal; burzi gal; dida gal; dug gal; dur gal; e gal; e manu gal; e piriĝ gal; e zag gal; eme gal; emeda gal; erida gal; ga gal; ga'ar gal; gi gal; giĝ gal; gu gal; gu gal; gu gal u; gud gal; gud kud gal; gug gal; ĝanun u gal; ĝišgal gal; ĝuruš gal; ĝušur zu gal; har gal; har gal kugbabbar; har gal kugsig; hursaĝ gal; i gal; idu gal; ig gal; igi gal; immal gal; kan gal; ki gal; kid gal; kin gal; kisal gal; kud gal; kud gud gal; kud sila gal; kurušda gal; kuš gal; lukur gal; malah gal; maš gal; maš gal alu niga; maš gal am; maš gal babbar; maš gal babbar ĝešdu; maš gal babbar niga; maš gal babbar niga sag; maš gal dara; maš gal dara niga; maš gal giggi šimaški; maš gal gud; maš gal gunu; maš gal gunu šimaški; maš gal gurgur babbar niga; maš gal gurgur niga; maš gal ĝešdu; maš gal ĝešdu niga; maš gal niga; maš gal niga ašgar; maš gal niga durah; maš gal niga gud; maš gal niga gunu; maš gal niga ĝešdu; maš gal niga libir; maš gal niga sag; maš gal niga sag šimaški; maš gal niga šimaški; maš gal nita; maš gal sag; maš gal sag niga; maš gal su; maš gal su šimaški; maš gal šimaški; maš gal šimaški gud; maš gal šimaški gunu; maš gal šimaški ĝešdu; maš gal šimaški niga; maš gal šimaški niga gud; maš gal šimaški niga sag; maš gal šugid; maš gal u; maš gal urmah; maš maš gal niga šimaški; maš nita gal; munu gal; nagar gal; nar gal; nesaĝ gal; niĝir gal; nin gal; ninda gal; nurma gal; piriĝ gal; piš gal; sa gal; saĝ gal; saĝa gal; saĝĝa gal; siki gal; sila gal; sila maš gal šimaški; simug gal; sipad gal; suhur gal; šakanka gal; šeg gal; šeš gal; šeš gal; šilam gal; šita gal; šu gal; šuba gal; šud gal; šusi gal; tu gu gal; u gal; udu gal; udu gal šimaški; udu gal udu; udu maš gal; udu nita gal; umbin šusi gal; umbin šusi gal ĝiri; umbisaĝ gal; umma gal; umun gal; unud gal; urgir gal; utul gal; uzu sa gal; uzu sila gal; zadim gal; zermušku gal.

2. (to be) retired, former

3. (to be) mature (of male animals)

Akk. rabû "big; noble, chief of...".

[2005] C. Wilcke, RAI 48 439.

[2002] J. Hoyrup, Lengths Widths Surfaces 44.

[1995] R. Englund, OrNS 64 394.

[1981] P. Steinkeller, ASJ 3 83 n29.


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