be [DIMINISH]

(99 instances)

be [DIMINISH] (99x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. be4; be6 "to deduct, remove; to diminish, reduce; to withdraw, receive (as an allotment)" Akk. našāru

[1] cuneiform BA be4 (ba)
[2] cuneiform PI be6 (pi)
+ -0 (99x/100%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 41 12 10
[2] 5 20

45 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. to deduct, remove (99x/100%)

~ ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu e-na-ba VS 14, 026 r i 1; e-na-ba VS 14, 055 o i 7; e-ne2-ba-e VS 14, 173 o i 4; e-da-ba VS 27, 039 3; siki#-ba šu-ku6 ab-ba-<ke4>-ne-kam VS 27, 069 o i 3; 1(u@c) 1(aš@c) še-ba šu-ku6 ab-ba-ke4-ne-kam HSS 03, 02 r i 1; mu-na-ba Babyloniaca 4, p. 247, Edin 09-405, 35 r i 4. ELA/ED IIIb/Nippur gu2-an-še3-be6 TMH 5, 087 7; la2-i3 an-be6 TMH 5, 099 3; 5(u@c) 7(aš@c) 2/3(aš@c) ša-na-be6 siki-sux ma-na TMH 5, 100 1; 2/3(aš@c) ku3 ša-na-be6 TMH 5, 149 o i 5; gu2-be6 OSP 1, 022 o ii 2. ELA/ED IIIb/unknown ab-ba-am6 Nik 1, 019 o iii 7; ab-ba-am6 Nik 1, 019 o v 2; ab-ba-am6 Nik 1, 019 o v 11. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu GAN2 da du6 li-ba STTI 079 7. ELA/Old Akkadian/Nippur pi ba an gur OSP 2, 049 o ii 3; nu-da-ba-e OSP 2, 064 2. ELA/Ur III/Drehem in-be6-e-eš2 AUCT 1, 942 4; in-be6-e-eš2 AUCT 1, 948 6; in-be6-e-eš2 CT 32, 25 BM 103439 7. ELA/Ur III/Girsu mu en dnanna maš-e ib2-pa2 Berens 021 4; iti-da be6-dam CT 07, 50 BM 019984 10; mu-a be6-dam CT 07, 50 BM 019984 12; ab-ba-ba-a lu2 geštukul DAS 133 3; šu-a-ba-ba lu2 kas4 HSS 04, 071 6; šu-ba-ba lu2 kas4 RTC 375 9; 2(diš) sila3 kaš du e-pi-ni SET 297 r i 1. ELA/Ur III/Nippur dumu ha-ba-ba NATN 571 8; dumu ha-ba-ba NATN 785 2; še-ga-ne-ne-ta geš-šub-ba-ta in-be6-e-eš Hallo RAI 43 Prague Handout 3. ELA/Ur III/Umma iti-da be6-dam OrSP 47-49, 382 r iii 19; mu-a be6-dam OrSP 47-49, 382 r iii 21; 1(aš) 3(ban2) tug2 an-ba-ba RA 73, 115-120 r i 27. ELA/Ur III/Ur tug2 be6-da-bi UET 3, 1422 9. ELA/Ur III/unclear unuki maš2-e i3-pa2 MVN 08, 165 7; [nig2 x x] x e3 ba#-ba#-dam ZA 55, 87 54358 3. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu e-na-ba 5(×DIŠ@t) DP 075 r iv 9; 3(ban2@c) e-[ba]-ni DP 112 o vi 3; 4(ban2@c) ba-ba-e DP 116 o vii 4. unknown/ED IIIb/Nippur um-gig a-ne ba-e? ASJ 16, p. 43-46 prism vii 12. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown 4(ban2@c) ba-ba-e HSS 03, 20 iii 14; [4(ban2@c) e-ba]-ni# HSS 03, 21 vi 17; e-ne2-ba-e TSA 05 o i 6; 4(ban2@c) e-ba-ni TSA 11 o vi 3; e-na-ba TSA 30 o ii 5; e-na-ba TSA 32 o ii 4; e-na-ba TSA 33 o ii 3. unknown/Ur III/Drehem u3 ha-ba-ba lu2 en-nu Akkadica 114-115, 099 21 2. unknown/Ur III/Umma ba-ba-a-a MVN 20, 058 6; 1(diš) tug2# u2# ge6 kal an-ba-ba# MVN 20, 070 2.

2. to diminish, reduce

3. to withdraw, receive (as an allotment)

Akk. našāru "to deduct, take st,h. from st,h, reduce".

[1999] W. Sallaberger, Ur III-Zeit 250.

[1996] C. Wilcke, ZA 86 15 wn41.

[1983] P. Steinkeller, JCS 35 246-247.


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