bala [TURN]

(3308 instances)

bala [TURN] (3308x: ED IIIa, ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Early Old Babylonian, Old Babylonian, unknown) wr. bal; bil2 "to rotate, turn over, cross; to pour out, libate, make a libation; reign, rotation, turn, term of office; to revolt; to hoist, draw (water); to transfer (boats over weirs etc. blocking a stream); to carry; to boil (meat in water); to change, transgress (the terms of an agreement); conversion (math.)" Akk. elû; nabalkutu; nakāru; naqû; palû; tabāku

See aš bala[curse], dub bala[go over an account], eme bala[translate], ĝeš bala[sell], ĝešgana bala[sell], inim bala[converse], kag bal[talk], saĝ bala[shake], šag bala[ponder], šag bala[procreate], šu bala[change], ti bala[turn sideways].

[1] cuneiform BAL bal (bala)
[2] cuneiform NE@s bil2
+ -0 (3308x/100%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 503 2292 374 1
[2] 5

202 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. to rotate, turn over, cross (3303x/100%)

~ LEX/Early Old Babylonian/Nippur še al-uš bal-a-ni-ib = [...] PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] i 9'=24. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur aga-us2 bal-a OB Nippur Lu 112; bal Nigga 348; bal Nigga 349; bal Nigga 350; bal Nigga 351; x# bal-bal Nigga 372; bal-bal Nigga 374; KA# bal-bal Nigga 393; bala-bi Nigga 399; ba-bal Nigga 410; ba-bal Nigga 411. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown lu2 še bal = mu-uš-tab-la-ki-tum OB Lu-Azlag A 186; lu2 še bal KIN = ša a-na x-KI-il x-x-ri la-x-tu OB Lu-Azlag A 187; šag4-ĝu10 uš2 mu-un-bal-bal-e = ŠA3 da-ma-am u2-tab-ba-ak OB List of Diseases 178. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu bappir3 kas sag8 še bala-bi VS 14, 001 o i 2; ziz2 bala-bi 1(aš@c) 2(barig@c) VS 14, 009 o ii 5; [še] bala-bi 1(aš@c) 2(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) VS 14, 009 o ii 7. ELA/ED IIIb/unknown e-ne-bala 5(AŠ×DIŠ@t) Nik 1, 039 r iii 8; [e-ne-bala] Nik 1, 045 r iii 1; še bala-bi 1(aš@c) 1(barig@c) Nik 1, 057 o iii 11. ELA/Old Akkadian/Adab he2-eb-bala-e Adab 0885+1062 3; 3(aš@c) sag šu-bal ak še sumun Adab 0938 4. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu udu gir2 bala-am3 CT 50, 049 6; bala 1(u) u4-ba ITT 2, 02873 3; 1(aš@c) tug2 us2 bala STTI 131 1; 1(aš@c) tug2# us2 bala STTI 131 1; 1(aš@c) tug2 uš-bar bala STTI 131 4; 1(aš@c) tug2 us2 bala STTI 131 7. ELA/Old Akkadian/Nippur geš-a ab-ta-bal-e-eš2 OSP 2, 050 o i 11; geš-a i3-ta-bal-e-eš2 OSP 2, 050 o ii 9. ELA/Old Akkadian/unknown i3-na-bala MAD 4, 054 5; 1(aš@c) gur8-gur8 bala-a urudu MAD 4, 071 5. ELA/Ur III/Drehem bala zi-zi-de3 Aegyptus 17, 58, 121 5; bala le-ša-num2 ensi2 mar2-daki AJSL 38, 141 4; bala a-hu-ma ensi2 nibruki Akkadica 13, 28 6. ELA/Ur III/Dur-Kurigalzu bala dnanna-zi-ša3-gal2 ensi2 gir2-suki Ripon College 1999=EC.74.2 4. ELA/Ur III/Girsu 6(bur3) 2(eše3) 5(iku) GAN2 bala-a 1(geš2) 2(u) 3(diš)-ta AAS 186 o i 12; 6(bur3) 2(eše3) 1(iku) GAN2 bala-a 1(geš2) 2(u) 3(diš)-ta AAS 186 o i 2; 6(bur3) 2(eše3) GAN2 bala-a 1(geš2) 2(u) 3(diš)-ta AAS 186 o i 7. ELA/Ur III/Nippur lu2 hun-ga2 še bala-a BE 03/1, 118 2; mu bala!-a-še3 MVN 03, 323 2; [...] bala-a NATN 026 4. ELA/Ur III/Susa bala igi iri-ki MDP 10, 22 3 4; bala igi iri-ki MDP 10, 22 4 5; bala gu-la MDP 10, 71 121 1; 1(diš) sila4 x bala MDP 23, 162 291 5; iti GAN2-x x x bala gu!?-la!? MDP 23, 164 303 2; bala gu-la MDP 28, 505 2. ELA/Ur III/Umma [x] gal x [...] bala-a AAS 033 6; 5/6(diš) ma-na 7(diš) gin2 za3-bar bala-a AAS 140 o i 7; 1(u) 2(aš) gur uku2-nu-ti# bala a-ri-ta AAS 154 6. ELA/Ur III/Ur 2(ban2) kaš ge6 sag10 bala-bala#-e-de3 ASJ 18, 091 27 5; 3(diš) sila3 zu2-lum eša-da ba-an-bala ASJ 18, 091 27 1; 3(diš) sila4 ga ki ensi2 bala-a-ta MVN 03, 233 2. ELA/Ur III/Wilayah mu bala-a-še3 JCS 38, 037 11 2; mu bala-a-še3 JCS 38, 037 11 2; mu bala-a-še3 JCS 38, 045 15 2. ELA/Ur III/unclear [...] bala-še3 ASJ 06, 127 1 5; a2 bala dab5-ba-me Atiqot 4, pl. 12 72 o ii 3; [x] mar bala nu-dab5-ba-me Atiqot 4, pl. 12 72 o i 5. ELA/Ur III/unknown kišib3 bala-a MVN 15, 288 3. ELA/Early Old Babylonian/unknown 1(diš) dug sig7 bala BIN 10, 168 1. ELA/Old Babylonian/Nippur mu-un-da-bal-e-eš-am3 OB Contracts, pl. C6-7 no. 21 24; lu2 ki-uri-ke4 [ib-ta]-bal-bal-[e-eš-a] SAOC 44, 81 26; in#-[na]-an-bal OB Contracts, pl.D4 no.25 6'. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown ka lul-la bal-bal = mu-ta-wi sa3#-ra#-ti MSLSSI, 17-27 iii 31; zu2 [bal] = na-ba-al-ku-tum MSLSSI, 17-27 iv 17; [[bal]] = = = e#-nu-um RA 21, 178 i 23; [[bal]] = = BAL = pa-lu-u2-um RA 21, 178 i 20. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu mu-na-bala DP 039 r ii 1; ziz2 bala-bi 3(barig@c)* 2(ban2@c)* DP 145 o ii 6; ziz2 bala-bi 1(aš@c)* DP 145 o i 9. unknown/ED IIIb/Nippur bala-bala an-da-za ASJ 16, p. 43-46 prism ii 12. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown ziz2# bala-bi 1(aš@c) 2(barig@c) HSS 03, 30 ii 6; še bala#-bi 1(aš@c) 2(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) HSS 03, 30 ii 8; ziz2# bala#-bi 3(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)# HSS 03, 30 ii 12. unknown/Old Akkadian/Adab 1(geš2) ku6 a2 bala-a# OIP 014, 112 1; 1(aš@c)# dur2 bala OIP 014, 160 4. unknown/Old Akkadian/Nippur [...] bal-a OSP 1, 102 o i 2. unknown/Old Akkadian/unknown i3-bala-a Bridges p. 451 4. unknown/Ur III/Drehem 2(ban2) kaš 3(ban2) ninda ša3-gal kas4 gaba-aš bala-a Aleppo 029 5; 4(ban2) ninda ša3-gal [kas4] gaba-aš bala-a Aleppo 032 6; ma2 bala zi3-da gur-ra Aleppo 172 4. unknown/Ur III/Girsu še GAN2 bala-a ASJ 11, 132 61b o i 10; 1(eše3) 3(iku) GAN2 bala-a 1(aš) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta ASJ 11, 132 61b o i 8; 2(burʾu) 5(iku) GAN2 bala-a 1(aš) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta ASJ 11, 135 63 o iii 11. unknown/Ur III/Lagash inim la2-ia3 a2 bala [...] Rochester 239 6. unknown/Ur III/Nippur nig2-diri [zi-ga mu] ensi2# bala-[a-ka-še3] BBVO 11, 288, 6N-T479 r i 17. unknown/Ur III/Umma kun-zi-da e2-dlamma-ka-še3 nig2-gu2-na bala-a ga6-ga2 CDLJ 2003/1, no. 1 r i 13; ki-su7 dšara2-gu2-gal-ka še bala-a CDLJ 2003/1, no. 1 r i 18; e2-amar-ra dabin bala-a še ma2-a si-ga CDLJ 2003/1, no. 1 r i 20. unknown/Ur III/Ur ki ensi2 bala-a-ka-ta SAT 3, 2008 5; 3(diš) sila4 ki ensi2 bala-a-ta SAT 3, 2010 2; 2(ban2) kaš ge6 sag10 bala-bala-e-de3 SAT 3, 2011 2; 3(diš) sila3 zu2-lum eša-da ba-an-bala SAT 3, 2011 4; 2(ban2) kaš ge6 sag10 bala-bala-e-de3 SAT 3, 2014 2; 3(diš) sila3 zu2-lum eša-da ba-an-bala SAT 3, 2014 4. unknown/Ur III/unclear še-ba giri3-se3-ga bala-a LÕuomo 68 7; giri3-se3-ga bala#-[a] MVN 18, 523 3'; la2-ia3 bala#-[a] MVN 18, 525 5. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown mu-un-da-bal-e-eš-a SAOC 44, 78 31; mu-da-bala-eš BE 06/2, 38 27; mu-un-da-bal-e OECT 08, 05 27.

~ dari[eternal]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur bala da-ri Nigga 404.

~ e[leave]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur [bal]-ta e3-a Nigga 406. ELA/Ur III/Umma siskur2 bala-ta e3-a MVN 01, 031 5.

~ gin[establish]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur bala gi-na Nigga 403.

~ gub[stand]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur bala gub-ba Nigga 400. ELA/Ur III/Girsu erin2 ša3-gu4 bala gub-ba Amherst 110 2; ša3-gal erin2 ša3-gu4 bala gub-ba Amherst 112 2; ša3-gal erin2 ša3-gu4 bala gub-ba Amherst 114 2. ELA/Ur III/Umma bala-a gub-ba bala-še3 gen-na u3 bala-ta gur-ra BIN 05, 074 4; erin2 bala-še3 gub*#-[ba] CST 525 2; erin2? bala-še3 gub-ba MVN 02, 354 5. ELA/Ur III/Ur giri3 lugal-da bala-a gub-ba UET 3, 1342 5. ELA/Ur III/unclear 6(geš2) guruš a2 bala-a gub-ba DIŠ Buffalo SNS.11-2, 144 11 7. ELA/Old Babylonian/Nippur bala gub-ba šu-mu-um-li-ib-ši OB Contracts, pl. E3 no. 32 3; bala gub-ba ig-mil-dsin SAOC 44, 72 4; bala gub-ba dnuska-ni-šu SAOC 44, 71 5. ELA/Old Babylonian/unclear bala gub-ba i3-li2-ha-zi-ri dumu a-wi#-[ia-tum] MC 3, 47 4; bala gub-[ba dnin-urta-mu-uš-ta-al] MC 3, 33 8; bala gub-ba dnin-urta-[ra-hi]-im-şe-ri-im MC 3, 48 4; bala gub-ba dnin-urta-[ma-an-šum2] MC 3, 46 4. unknown/Ur III/Girsu 2(diš) guruš u4 3(u)-še3 bala gub-ba ASJ 10, 088 2 o ii 11; 2(u) 5(diš) erin2 bala gub-ba 1(barig)-ta ASJ 11, 138 66 o ii 11; 4(u) 2(diš) erin2 bala gub#-[ba x x x-ta] ASJ 11, 140 67 o ii 1. unknown/Ur III/Umma bala-a gub-ba bala#-še3# gen-na u3 bala-[ta] gur-ra CDLJ 2003/1, no. 1 r iv 5; a2 dumu-gi7 šeš tab-ba bala-a gub-ba# CDLJ 2003/1, no. 1 o ii 26; geme2 e2-bappir* u3 geme2 bala-a gub-ba MVN 21, 023 2; bala-a gub-ba bala-še3 gen-na u3 bala-ta gur-ra UTI 3, 1860 4; bala#-a gub-ba bala-še3 gen-na u3 bala-ta gur-ra AAICAB 1/1, pl. 063-064, 1924-0665 r vi 9; 1(geš2) 5(u) 2(diš) guruš u4 1(diš)-še3 a2 šeš tab-ba bala-a gub-ba AAICAB 1/1, pl. 063-064, 1924-0665 o ii 5. unknown/Old Babylonian/Nippur bala# [gub]-ba dsin-ma-gir# dumu den-lil2#-na#-[şe]-er# SAOC 44, 84 5; bala# gub-ba-bi-še3 inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-[a] SAOC 44, 85 3'; bala gub-ba an-nu-um-KA-d[šamaš u3 na-bi-d]šamaš# SAOC 44, 90 4; bala gub-ba i-din-eš4-tar2 dumu i3#-[li2 ...] SAOC 44, 91 3. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown bala gub-ba diše2-a-i-din-nam# TIM 04, 54 3; bala# gub-ba dda-mu-i-din#-[nam] SAOC 44, 88 4; bala gub-ba hu-na-ba-tum [...] UŠ2-a SAOC 44, 83 4.

~ kur[different]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur [bala] nu-kur2-ru Nigga 407; bala kur2-ra Nigga 416.

~ kur[enter]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur bala ku4-ra Nigga 402.

~ sag[good]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur bala sag9-ga Nigga 405.

~ tuš[sit]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur bala tuš-a Nigga 401. ELA/Ur III/Girsu a2 hun-ga2 erin2 bala tuš-a-ka ASJ 02, 12 28 2; a2 hun-ga2 erin2 bala tuš-a ASJ 03, 164 137 5; a2 hun-ga2 erin2 bala tuš-a ASJ 03, 164 139 3. ELA/Ur III/Umma ša3-gal erin2 bala tuš-a Ontario 2, 513 2. unknown/Old Akkadian/Girsu bala tuš-[a ...] ITT 2, 03159 r ix 4. unknown/Ur III/Girsu [erin2] bala# tuš-a ASJ 10, 088 2 r i 9; 2(u) 4(diš) erin2 bala tuš-a 1(barig)-ta ASJ 11, 138 66 o ii 12; 4(u) 2(diš) erin2 bala tuš-a 1(barig)-ta ASJ 11, 140 67 o ii 2.

~ ud[day] sud[distant]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur bal u4 sud-da-ri Nigga 408.

See: a šu n bala; aga'us bala; an bala; an bala ki bala; an bala ki bala; aš bala; buru bala; dur bala; e bala; eg bala; eme bala; gigur a bala; gudug bala; gudug bala e; gudug bala gub; gudug bala tuš; haš bala; hursaĝ bala; igi bala; inim bala; itud bala; kag bala sag; kaš bala; kug bala; kug bala bala; kug bala bala; lu bala; maš bala; mu bala; munus u šu bala; nar inim bala; par a bala; par bala; sa bala; siki bala; šu n bala; šu bala; tab bala; tug bala; udu bala zag urri; ugur bala.

2. to pour out, libate, make a libation (3x/0%)

See: a bala.

3. reign, rotation, turn, term of office (2x/0%)

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4. to revolt

5. to hoist, draw (water)

6. to transfer (boats over weirs etc. blocking a stream)

7. to carry

8. to boil (meat in water)

9. to change, transgress (the terms of an agreement)

10. conversion (math.)

Akk. elû; nabalkutu "to cross over"; nakāru "to be(come) different, strange, hostile"; naqû "to pour (a libation), sacrifice"; palû "period of office"; tabāku "to pour (out)".

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

[2003] S. Garfinkle, ZA 93 180-1.

[2003] P. Steinkeller, Ancient Archives 45.

[2002] J. Hoyrup, Lengths Widths Surfaces 43.

[2001] P. Steinkeller, ZA 91 35 wn46.

[1999] W. Sallaberger, Ur III-Zeit 195-196.

[1994] M. Civil, Farmer's Instructions 96; 108 n129.

[1993] W. Sallaberger, Kalender 32-34; 113 wn510.

[1992] M. Sigrist, Drehem 339-356.

[1991] I.J. Gelb, P. Steinkeller and R.M. Whiting, Kudurrus 246.

[1989] M. Sigrist, Studies Sjoberg 500 n1.

[1989] P. Steinkeller, SDU 47-48.

[1986] D. Charpin, Clerge 262-269.

[1982] K. Maekawa, ASJ 4 89-91.

See ETCSL: bal=term (in office); bal=to turn over.

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