abba [FATHER]

(107 instances)

abba [FATHER] (107x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. ab; ab-ba; abba2 "old (person); witness; father; elder; an official" Akk. abu; šību

[1] cuneiform AB ab (abba)
[2] cuneiform AB.BA ab-ba
[3] cuneiform |AB×AŠ₂| abba2
+ -0 (107x/100%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 5 39 1
[2] 44
[3] 1 11

19 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. old (person) (106x/99%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur AB#. OB Nippur Lu 402a; ab-ba OB Nippur Lu 403; ab-ba OB Nippur Lu 404. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown lu2 ab-ba = ši-i-bu lu2-azlag B and C Seg.6, 10. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu 2(bur3@c) 3(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) 1/4(iku@c) GAN2 du6 ab VS 14, 072 o ii 1. ELA/Old Akkadian/Adab 1(aš@c) abba2 en-[še x] Adab 0640 o ii 8; [x] abba2# Adab 0640 o i 5; [x] arad2# abba2 Adab 0640 o i 6; x 1(aš@c) ab Adab 0675 2; abba2-ni Adab 0713 4. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu 4(u) ninda ab ITT 1, 01462 1; GAN2 ab ITT 2, 04417 1; ab2 ab!? [...] RTC 136 r i 2. ELA/Old Akkadian/Lagash sig7 a-ša3 abba2 BM 016174 4. ELA/Old Akkadian/Nippur 3(u) 1(diš) [x im] ug3-IL2 [...] ab TMH 5, 148 12. ELA/Old Akkadian/Umma ur-e2 ab tu-tu-da MAD 4, 124 2. ELA/Old Akkadian/unclear ab x x x Athene 19980924j 3. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 1(u) 2(diš) ab mah2 OIP 115, 480 1; lugal ab ub-da limmu2-ba Princeton 2, 432 4; [...] ab id Princeton 2, 506 3; [...] ab šuš3 Princeton 2, 506 5; 1(diš) ab mu 2(aš) Princeton 2, 506 o iii 7. ELA/Ur III/Girsu pirig muš-eme6 ab ša3-ga lul-ga ITT 2, 01036 3; mu ab-ka-na-še3 RA 58, 106 096 3; [...] ab engar gu4 TUT 157 o i 6. ELA/Ur III/Nippur ab [...] NATN 617 o ii 12; [...] abzu [...] ab mu NATN 767 5; 3(diš) ninda ab x JANES 18 47 16 6. ELA/Ur III/Umma 2(diš) ab CST 557 6; ab Ontario 2, 459 11. ELA/Ur III/Ur ku6 ab suhur u3 ku6 dar hi-a UET 3, 1294 8; [1(diš)] ma-sab ku6 ab suhur 3(u) UET 3, 1301 1; 1(diš) tug2nig2-lam2 ab šar3 UET 3, 1679 1. ELA/Ur III/unclear 1(diš) kišib3 ur-da-šar2? ab x SAKF 090 2; ŠU+LAGAB 9(diš) abba2?-me TIM 03, 150 (pl.56) 4. ELA/Ur III/unknown ŠU+LAGAB 6(diš)! abba2# RA 79 17 20 21-23 3 6. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu 2(u@c) 1(aš@c) abba2 igi dnanše DP 159 r i 1; ku6 ab su-ga-kam DP 293 o ii 1; 1(gešʾu@c) 6(geš2@c) sumašku6 ab su-ga DP 311 o i 1; GAN2 du6 ab DP 573 r iii 1. unknown/ED IIIb/Nippur [x] d#nin-hur-sag-ke4 ab!? da-me ASJ 16, p. 43-46 prism xvi 2. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown 2(aš@c) ab-ab BIN 08, 063 o ii 3. unknown/Ur III/Girsu [...] ab ASJ 13, 234 76 r iii 7; [...] ab ASJ 13, 234 76 o i 9; lu2-sa6-ga ab-ba-iri-ke4 SNAT 211 1; lu2-sa6-ga ab-ba-iri-ke4 SNAT 211 1. unknown/Ur III/unclear 1(diš) ab lu2-[...] MVN 18, 525 3.

~ iri[city]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ab-ba iri OB Nippur Lu 405. ELA/Old Akkadian/Adab abba2 uru Adab 0675 5; abba2 uru Adab 0920 2. ELA/Old Akkadian/unknown dingir-a-na abba2 uru#[ki] JCS 35, 169, 3 12. unknown/Old Akkadian/Adab 1(aš@c) dutu-he2-du7 abba2 uru OIP 014, 150 2.

See: gakkul abba; gu abba; igi abba iri u.

2. witness (1x/1%)

~LEX/ED IIIb/unknown abba2(AB2×2#)# Early Dynastic Lu E 120.

3. father

4. elder

5. an official

Akk. abu "father"; šību "old (person); elder; witness".

[1998] R. Maaijer, Landless and Hungry? 57.

[1997-1998] R. de Maaijer and B. Jagersma, AfO 44-45 287.

[1992] M. Sigrist, Drehem elder.

[1991] I.J. Gelb, P. Steinkeller and R.M. Whiting, Kudurrus 234-235.


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