arkab [BAT]

(5 instances)

arkab [BAT] (5x: ED IIIb, Old Babylonian) wr. arkab; arkabmušen; su-dinarkabx(|ARKAB2.IB|)mušen; su-dinarkabx(IB); arkabx(|ARKAB2.IB|) "a bird or bat" Akk. argabu

[1] cuneiform |GAR.IB| arkab
[2] cuneiform |GAR.IB|.HU arkabmušen
[3] cuneiform SU.DIN.|ARKAB₂.IB|.HU su-dinarkabx(|ARKAB2.IB|)mušen
[4] cuneiform SU.DIN.IB su-dinarkabx(IB)
[5] cuneiform |ARKAB₂.IB| arkabx(|ARKAB2.IB|)
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4 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. a bird or bat (5x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIa/unknown arkab(ARKAB2.IB) ED Lu A 55; su-dinarkab(LAK296)ib-mušen ED Birds 126. LEX/ED IIIb/Ebla [[arkab]] = ARKAB(LAK296) = ar3-ga-bu3-um Ebla Sign List 25. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur arkab(LAGAR.IB)mušen OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.6, 186'. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown [[arkab]] = = NIG2.IB = ar-ka-[bu]-um# OB Diri "Oxford" 383.

Akk. argabu "(a bird)".

[2004] N. Veldhuis, Nanše 281.

[1987-90] W. Heimpel, RlA 7 609.

[1984] M. Civil, AuOr 2 5-9.

[1981] D. Owen, ZA 71 37-38.

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