halba [FROST]

(5 instances)

halba [FROST] (5x: Old Babylonian) wr. halba2; halba6; halba; halpi "frost, ice, cold weather; (to be) cold" Akk. halpû; kuşşû; mammû; takşâtu; šurīpu

[1] cuneiform |ZA.MUŠ₃.DI| halba2
[2] cuneiform |A.MUŠ₃.DI| halba6
[3] cuneiform |MUŠ₃×A+DI| halba
[4] cuneiform |LAL₂.URU×MIN| halpi
+ -0 (5x/100%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 2
[2] 1
[3]
[4]

5 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. frost, ice, cold weather (5x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur [[halba5]] = hal-pi-a = LAL2×GIŠGAL = hal-pi-u2-um OB Aa 80:1; [[halba2]] = = = šu-ri-pu-um OB Diri Nippur 345. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown [[halba6]] = = = ha-al-[pu-um] OB Diri "Oxford" 229.

2. (to be) cold

Akk. halpû "frost, ice"; kuşşû "winter('s)"; mammû "frost, ice"; takşâtu "cold weather, frost"; šurīpu "ice, frost".

See ETCSL: halba2=frost.

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