ĝeš bala [SELL]

ĝeš bala [SELL] (15x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III) wr. ĝeš bala "to pass someone or something over the wooden stick', to conclude a sale"

(ĝeš[tree] + bala[turn])

[1]		ĝeš bala
+	-0 (15x/100%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		1	14

3 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. to pass someone or something over the wooden stick', to conclude a sale

~ ELA/Old Akkadian/Adab [geš]-a ib₂-ta-bala^#-eš₂^? Adab 0713 9; geš-a i₃-na-ta-bala Adab 0815 6. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu geš-a ib₂-ta-bala^#-[eš₂] ITT 1, 01040 10; geš^#-a ib₂-ta-bala ITT 1, 01041 8; geš-a ib₂-[ta-bala] ITT 2, 04588 8; geš-a [ib₂-ta-bala] RTC 079 8; geš-a ib₂-ta-bala-eš₂ RTC 080 3; geš-a ib₂-ta-bala RTC 081 10. ELA/Old Akkadian/Nippur geš-a ab-ta-bal-e-eš₂ OSP 2, 050 o i 11; geš-a i₃-ta-bal-e-eš₂ OSP 2, 050 o ii 9. ELA/Old Akkadian/unknown geš-a i₃-na-ta-bala-a JCS 20, 126 4. ELA/Ur III/Ur 4(u) geš [...] geš bala NI [...] UET 3, 0829 o ii 3. unknown/ED IIIb/Nippur giš-a ab-ta-bala BIN 08, 175 r i 3. unknown/Old Akkadian/unknown geš^!#-a ib₂-ta^#-bala^#-eš₂^# BIN 08, 177 1; geš-a BIN 08, 293 3.

[1989] P. Steinkeller, SDU 38-39.

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