dara [RED]

dara [RED] (43x: ED IIIa, ED IIIb, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. dara₄ "(to be) red; (to be) brown; blood" Akk. dāmu

[1]		dara₄
+	-0 (43x/100%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		23	18	2

4 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. (to be) red (41x/95%)

~ LEX/ED IIIb/Ebla [[dara₄]] = dara₄ = de₃-ri₂-gum₂ Ebla Sign List 58. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 1(diš) maš₂ ga a-dara₄ SACT 1, 081 4. ELA/Ur III/Nippur mu us₂-sa ma₂^# dara₄-abzu ba-ab-du₈ NATN 368 7. unknown/Ur III/Drehem 1(diš) maš₂ ga a-dara₄ Utah 02 6; 4(diš) maš₂ ga a-dara₄ Utah 04 3; 1(diš) ^munusaš₂-gar₃ ga a-dara₄ Utah 04 4; ma₂ ^den-ki dara₄-abzu in-dim₂ SAT 3, 1277 10; 1(diš) maš₂ ga a-dara₄ SANTAG 7, 017 1.

See: ab dara; ab saĝ dara; ab šag dara; ab ti dara; ab zageš dara; am dara; am saĝ dara; am šag dara; am ti dara; am zageš dara; amar dara; amar saĝ dara; amar šag dara; amar ti dara; amar zageš dara; ašgar dara; ašgar dara niga; gud dara; gud saĝ dara; gud šag dara; gud ti dara; gud zageš dara; maš dara; maš gal dara; maš gal dara niga; udu dara.

2. (to be) brown (2x/5%)

See: DUDUna dara; utuwa dara.

3. blood

Akk. dāmu "blood, dark".

See ETCSL: dara₄=to be red.

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