alĝar [INSTRUMENT]

(12 instances)

alĝar [INSTRUMENT] (12x: Old Babylonian) wr. ĝešal-ĝar; al-gar "a musical instrument" Akk. alû

[1] cuneiform GIŠ.AL.GAR ĝešal-ĝar (gešal-ĝar)
[2] cuneiform AL.GAR al-gar
+ -0 (11x/92%); -ra (1x/8%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 9
[2] 3

4 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. a musical instrument (12x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ĝišal-ĝar OB Nippur Ura 1 601.

Akk. alû "a kind of drum".

[1997-1998] N. Veldhuis, AfO 44-45 119-120.

[1990] T. Krispijn, Akkadica 70 9-10.

See ETCSL: al-ĝar=type of instrument.

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