ĝešba [FIST]

(7 instances)

ĝešba [FIST] (7x: Old Babylonian) wr. ĝešpax(|ŠU.PAP.PAP|); gešbax(|ŠU.BULUG3|)ba; gešbax(|ŠU.BULUG3|); ĝešpax(|ŠU.PAP.PAP|)ba "fist; boxer" Akk. umāšu

[1] cuneiform ŠU.PAP.PAP ĝešpax(|ŠU.PAP.PAP|) (gešpu2)
[2] cuneiform ŠU.BULUG₃.BA gešbax(|ŠU.BULUG3|)ba
[3] cuneiform ŠU.BULUG₃ gešbax(|ŠU.BULUG3|)
[4] cuneiform ŠU.PAP.PAP.BA ĝešpax(|ŠU.PAP.PAP|)ba
+ -0 (7x/100%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 5
[2] 1
[3] 1
[4]

3 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. fist (7x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown [[ĝešpu2]] = = ŠU.DIM4 = hu#-ma#-šum# OB Diri "Oxford" 305. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown [lu2 gešpu2 bad] = [ša] qa2-su2 pa-ti-a-at OB Lu-Azlag A 317; [lu2 gešpu2] = [ša u2]-ma-ši OB Lu-Azlag A 319; [lu2] ĝešpu2# bad# = pe-tu-u2-um lu2-azlag B and C Seg.5, 2; [lu2] ĝešpu2# bad = ga-a-mi-rum lu2-azlag B and C Seg.5, 3. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu 1(aš@c) sa gešbax(ŠU.BULUG3) sumun VS 25, 075 r ii 10; 1(aš@c) sa gešbax(ŠU.BULUG3)ba VS 27, 026 r iii 6.

2. boxer

Akk. umāšu "grappling-hook (for wrestlers); strength".

[1993] W. Sallaberger, Kalender 178 n838; 257 n1210.

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