gala [SINGER]

(500 instances)

gala [SINGER] (500x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. gala; gala10 "lamentation singer" Akk. kalû

[1] cuneiform |UŠ.KU| gala
[2] cuneiform |LU₂.DIŠ| gala10
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18 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. lamentation singer (500x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur gala OB Nippur Lu 653; [gala] hal!?-la# tuš-a OB Nippur Lu 654b; gala# ma-da-ab-us2 OB Nippur Lu 658. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu gala AoF 22,110f. o iv 10; gala VS 14, 072 o iii 3; dumu gala VS 14, 080 o i 3. ELA/ED IIIb/Umma 1(barig@c) gala RGK 20050520j o ii 10; 1(barig@c) gala RGK 20050520j o iii 10. ELA/ED IIIb/unknown gala Nik 1, 006 r iii 17; gala Nik 1, 017 o i 2; gala Nik 1, 079 o iv 6; gala Nik 1, 111 o i 5; gala-e Nik 1, 297 o i 3; gala CTNMC 04 r iv 12. ELA/Old Akkadian/Adab [x] gala Adab 0632 o i 5. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu dumu gala CT 50, 098 o i 15; 1(aš@c) geme2 ur-diškur gala CT 50, 107 6; gala CT 50, 122 1. ELA/Old Akkadian/Nippur gala TMH 5, 043 11; 1(eše3@c) u2-da gala TMH 5, 063 o ii 12; 1(aš@c) gala OSP 2, 064 3; gala OSP 2, 099 o ii 4; 1(geš2) 6(diš) 1(ban2) 5(diš) sila3 gala OSP 2, 100 r i 10; 1(u) ur-su gala OSP 2, 144 o ii 4. ELA/Old Akkadian/Sagub ugula gala MC 4, 45 13; 2 gala MC 4, 45 16; nu gala MC 4, 45 23; gu4 pu3-pu3 ugula gala MC 4, 45 51. ELA/Old Akkadian/Umma 1(u) ur-dnagar gala MAD 4, 021 4; gala šu-i MAD 4, 022 2; gala sipa MAD 4, 057 6. ELA/Old Akkadian/unclear 1(diš) gala Athene 19980924c 3; ugula gala Athene 19980924c 4. ELA/Old Akkadian/unknown gala!? JESHO 24, 129 1; 1(aš@c)# gala šeš-gal JCS 20, 126 1; gala ama-um-me-ga MAD 4, 026 2. ELA/Lagash II/Girsu dam e2-zi gala MVN 07, 378 5. ELA/Ur III/Drehem da-da gala AltorNot 9-17, p. 8, no. 17 4; 1(diš) sila4 da-da gala Amorites 18 (pl.7) r i 19; da-da gala ASJ 09, 270 77 7. ELA/Ur III/Girsu 1(diš) ur-dba-ba6 gala ASJ 06, 095 i 8; 2(u) 2(aš) gala ra2-gaba-me ASJ 09, 126 57 o ii 1; 3(barig) 3(ban2) da-da gala ASJ 09, 325 01 r i 14. ELA/Ur III/Mazyad a2 lu2 gala!? ASJ 11, 337 12 2. ELA/Ur III/Nippur 5(diš) sila3 eša da-da gala BE 03/1, 126 10; gala-e BiOr 15, 78 2; [...] eša da-da gala NATN 275 4; 2(ban2) ziz2 gala NATN 853 6; da-da gala NATN 855 1. ELA/Ur III/Umma [ki] da#-da# gala# AnOr 07, 380-07 3; ki ur-e11-e gala-ta ASJ 09, 315 04 3; ki da-da gala BCT 2, 098 3. ELA/Ur III/Ur a-ru-a lugal e2 da-da gala-ta UET 3, 0092 4; e2-du6-la da-da gala-ta UET 3, 0788 5; e2-du6-la da-da gala UET 3, 0916 3. ELA/Ur III/unclear ku3 gala [...] AAS 200 o iii 14. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu gala DP 112 r ii 11; gala DP 114 o vi 3; gala DP 115 r v 12. unknown/ED IIIb/Nippur gala OSP 1, 063 o ii 3. unknown/ED IIIb/Umma 2(iku@c) GAN2 5(aš@c) še gala sur-gu MC 4, 03 o ii 5; 1(iku@c) GAN2 5(aš@c) gala e2-mah-da MC 4, 03 o ii 6. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown 2(iku@c) 1/4(iku@c) munus dumu gala BIN 08, 114 o i 4; gala DP 032 o vi 31; gala DP 032 o iii 8. unknown/Old Akkadian/Adab gala OIP 014, 192 5. unknown/Old Akkadian/unknown gala# BIN 08, 180 2; 1(aš@c) gala simug BIN 08, 257 4; gala dub-sar-e BIN 08, 287 1. unknown/Ur III/Drehem 1(diš) sila4 e2-a-ba-aš-ti lu2 da-da gala# MVN 15, 241 10; [...] da-da gala Ontario 1, 069 9; 6(diš) udu niga da-da gala SNAT 271 19. unknown/Ur III/Girsu dumu ur-mes gala# DoCu 600 r iii 13; da-da gala-da gen-na MVN 17, 130 13; da-da gala du MVN 17, 131 8. unknown/Ur III/Nippur 1(ban2) kaš 1(ban2) ninda gala-me BBVO 11, 278, 6N-T364 6. unknown/Ur III/Umma ki da-da gala MVN 16, 0683 5; ki da-da gala MVN 16, 0770 3; ki da-da gala MVN 16, 1429 3. unknown/Ur III/unclear [...] da#-da gala MVN 18, 649 3'. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown e-la-li gala SAOC 44, 50 12; a-na dub nam-ibila dišap-lum gala BE 06/2, 57 8.

~ lugal[king]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur gala lugal OB Nippur Lu 656; gala lugal-ra us2-sa OB Nippur Lu 657. ELA/Ur III/Girsu x gu2-en-na gala lugal HLC 002 (pl. 052) r ii 21.

~ mah[great] lugal[king]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur gala mah lugal OB Nippur Lu 655.

Akk. kalû "lamentation-priest".

[1995] G. Visicato, Bureaucracy of Fara 105-108.

[1994] F. Pomponio and G. Visicato, ED Szuruppak 33; 62-63.

[1992] M. Sigrist, Drehem 213-214.

[1992] P. Steinkeller and J.N. Postgate, LAT 37.


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