balak [SPINDLE]

balak [SPINDLE] (31x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. ^ĝešbalak "spindle" Akk. pilaqqu

[1]		^ĝešbalak (^gešbalak, ^ĝešbala, ^gešbala)
+	-0 (31x/100%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		1	7	15

9 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. spindle (31x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIb/Ebla [[balak]] = BAL = ma-la-gu-um Ebla Sign List 128. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^ĝišbal OB Nippur Ura 1 422; ^ĝišBAR^? bal OB Nippur Ura 1 424a; ^ĝišme-te bal OB Nippur Ura 1 425; ^ĝišbalak OB Kagal 540; ^ĝišbalak OB Kagal 541; ^ĝišbalak Nigga 382; ^ĝišbalak Nigga 383; ^ĝišbalak Nigga 384. ELA/Ur III/Girsu ^gešbala-a-bi^# ASJ 14, 225 77 o iii 4; ^gešbala ^gešx ^gešab-ba im^?-a ITT 5, 06878 2; ^gešbala-bi a-ša₃ gar₃-dar-hi ki sumun MVN 06, 318 r i 5. ELA/Ur III/Umma 6(diš) geš 4(diš) kuš₃-ta ^gešbala pa-lu₅ gu-la RA 16, 19 o v 38. ELA/Ur III/unclear 2(geš₂) dug ^gešbala TSU 108 o vi 8. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown [[bal]] = = = pi-la-aq-qum RA 21, 178 i 21. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu 1(u@c) ^gešbal ^geštaskarin DP 075 r ii 3. unknown/Old Akkadian/unclear ^gešbala-bi lam a₂ sa₆-ga-mu ha-am₃ OrNS 54, 057 8. unknown/Ur III/Umma ^geškiri₆ ^gešbala-a kid₇-a MVN 20, 027 4.

See: e balak; saĝ balak.

Akk. pilaqqu "spindle".

See ETCSL: bal=spindle.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.