zalag [SHINE]

(135 instances)

zalag [SHINE] (135x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. zalag; zalag2; su-lu-ug; sulug "(to be) pure; (fire) light; (to be) bright, to shine" Akk. ebbu; namāru; nûru

See igi saĝki zalag bar[look favorably], saĝki zalag bar[favor].

[1] cuneiform UD zalag
[2] cuneiform ERIN₂ zalag2
[3] cuneiform SU.LU.|PIRIG×UD| su-lu-ug
[4] cuneiform LUL sulug
+ -ga (64x/47%); -0 (51x/38%); -ge (20x/15%).
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[1] 1 9 106
[2] 2
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57 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. (to be) pure (135x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur [...] šu2 zalag2-ga OB Nippur Lu 706o). ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu lu2 kuš zalag-ga ITT 1, 01397 5. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 1(diš) er-šu2 na4 KA zalag-ga PDT 2, 1089 3. ELA/Ur III/Girsu 1(u) nu zalag-zalag-ga dam-ni CT 10, 24 BM 014313 r ii 11. ELA/Ur III/Umma a-ša3 zalag-ga a-geštin Nik 2, 209 3; a-ša3 zalag-ga a geštin-ka SNAT 507 3; a-ša3 zalag-ga Zinbun 22 25 r v 19. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown zalag-ga IM 070209 o iii 43. unknown/ED IIIb/Lagash i7-bi en zalag gal BiMes 03, 26 iv 7. unknown/Ur III/Umma [x x d]nin#-hur-sag zalag?-ga Fs. Limet 028 6; 1(diš) tug2 zalag-ga-ni mu ur-gešgigir kaš de2-de2-a-še3 Rochester 109 1; dnin-hur-sag zalag?-ga SNAT 364 15.

See: šu zalag.

2. (fire) light

3. (to be) bright, to shine

Akk. ebbu "bright; pure; clean"; namāru "to be(come) bright, shine"; nûru "shine".

[1990] A. Alberti, NABU 1990/123.


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