dala [THORN]

dala [THORN] (14x: Old Babylonian) wr. ^ĝešdala₂; dalla₂; ^kušdala₂ "thorn, pin, needle; a lance" Akk. dalû; şillû; gubru

[1]		^ĝešdala₂ (^gešdala₂)
[2]		dalla₂
[3]		^kušdala₂
+	-0 (14x/100%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]				6
[2]			2	1
[3]				1

6 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. thorn, pin, needle (14x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^ĝišIGI.NI OB Nippur Ura 1 547; ^ĝišIGI.NI OB Nippur Ura 1 547a; dalla₂(IGI.NI)^zabar OB Nippur Ura 2 583; [[dala₂]] = da^#-la^# = IGI.KAK = şi-il-lu-u₂ OB Diri Nippur 143. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown ^ĝešdala₂ te-te = si₃-hi-il-ti GIŠ.IGI.DU₃ OB List of Diseases 103; ^ĝešdala₂ bar-ra = me-hi-iş GIŠ.IGI.DU₃ = mi-hi-iš-ti IGI.DU₃ OB List of Diseases 108. unknown/Ur III/Umma 2(šar₂) dala₂ ^gešma-nu MVN 18, 616 3; 3(šar₂) dala₂ ^gešma-nu^* SANTAG 6, 060 1.

~ ĝešnimbar[palm]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^ĝišdalla₂ nimbar OB Nippur Ura 1 88.

~ kugbabbar[silver]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur dalla₂(IGI.NI) kug-babbar OB Nippur Ura 2 609.

2. a lance

Akk. dalû "(a needle or pin)"; şillû; gubru "thorn, needle, pin (gubru a kind of lance)".

[1997] N. Veldhuis, EEN 119-120.

See ETCSL: dala₂=type of pointed object.

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