rib [SURPASSING]

rib [SURPASSING] (62x: ED IIIb, Old Babylonian) wr. rib; ri-ba "(to be) surpassing, outstanding; (to be) strong, massive" Akk. ešqu; šūtuqu

[1]		rib
[2]		ri-ba
+	-ba (42x/68%); -0 (20x/32%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		2		43
[2]			7	4

19 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. (to be) surpassing, outstanding (62x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Sippar [[rib]] = = [KAL] = šu^#-tu-qum MSL 14, 122-127 09 1012; [[rib]] = = = eš^#-qum MSL 14, 122-127 09 1013. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu 2(u@c) 4(aš@c) geš-ur₂^# ^gešgi-gid₂^# x-bi da-rib-ba^# VS 27, 082 o i 2; 1(u@c) ^gešgi-gid₂ geš-ur₂ geš-zi-geš-nu₂-dim₂ rib^#-ba VS 27, 082 o i 3. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 2(diš) gu₄ niga ri-ba-na CTMMA 1, 009 4; 1(diš) maš₂ kišib₃ bi-in-gu-bi-iš kurušda re-ba-a MVN 02, 100 1; 5(gešʾu) 2(geš₂) šabra ri-ba-a YOS 04, 056 11. ELA/Ur III/Girsu ur-šuš₃^? dumu ri-ba 1(geš₂) 1(u) 4(diš) OTR 160 r i 2; u₃ ri-ba-a LB 0610 o ii 14. ELA/Ur III/Ur 1(diš) ri-ba-da-[da] UET 3, 1452 5. unknown/Ur III/Nippur ri-ba-a^? BBVO 11, 295, 6N-T632 2.

2. (to be) strong, massive

Akk. ešqu "solid, massive"; šūtuqu "surpassing, outstanding".

[2004] P. Attinger and M. Krebernik, St Schretter 68 n143.

See ETCSL: rib=to be outstanding.

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