ada [CONTEST?]

(3 instances)

ada [CONTEST?] (3x: Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. a-da "riddle?; fight, contest?"

[1] cuneiform A.DA a-da
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2 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. riddle? (3x/100%)

~ ELA/Ur III/Umma igi a-da-mu-še3 Nik 2, 411 3.

~ en[lord]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur a-da en OB Kagal 451.

~ lugal[king]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur a-da lugal-e OB Kagal 452.

2. fight, contest?

[2000] J. Klein, St Cagni 568 n29.

[1987] M. Civil, AuOr 5 18.

See ETCSL: a-da=contest.

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