ĝešgana bala [SELL]

(6 instances)

ĝešgana bala [SELL] (6x: Old Akkadian, Ur III) wr. ĝeš-gana₂ bala "'to pass someone or something over the pestle', to conclude a sale" Akk. bukannam šūtuqu

(ĝešgana[pestle] + bala[turn])

[1]		ĝeš-gana₂ bala (geš-gana₂ bala, giš-gana₂ bala)
+	-0 (6x/100%).

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

2 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

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

~ ELA/Old Akkadian/unclear geš-gan-na ib₂-ta-bala-e-eš₂ MC 4, 61 9. ELA/Old Akkadian/unknown geš-gan-na ab-ta-bala MAD 4, 077 9; geš-gan-na ab-ta-bala^# MAD 4, 150 5. ELA/Ur III/Nippur geš-gin₇ i₃-na-ra-bala NATN 498 8. ELA/Ur III/unclear sag^# [geš]-gan^#-na ib₂-ta^!?-bala^#-e MDP 18, 199 2'; [geš-gan^?]-na ib-ta-bala TIM 05, 12 6.

Akk. bukannam šūtuqu "'to make step over the pestle' in sale transaction".

[2005] K. de Graef, NABU 2005/59.

[1989] P. Steinkeller, SDU 34-42.

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