galla [POLICEMAN]

(107 instances)

galla [POLICEMAN] (107x: ED IIIa, ED IIIb, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. galla; gallax(TE) "policeman; a demon" Akk. gallû

[1] cuneiform |TE.LAL| galla (gal5-la2)
[2] cuneiform TE gallax(TE) (gal5)
+ -0 (107x/100%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 3 36 62
[2]

15 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. policeman (107x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIa/unknown gal5-la2 ED Officials 2. LEX/ED IIIb/unknown gal5-la2 Early Dynastic Lu E 15. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur gal5-[la2] OB Nippur Lu 538. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown [[gal5-la2]] = = [TE].LA2 = ga-al-lu-u2-um# OB Diri "Oxford" 518. ELA/ED IIIb/Umma gal5-la2 gal RGK 20050520n r iii 10. ELA/Ur III/Drehem gal5-la2 gal BIN 03, 623 ii 2. ELA/Ur III/Umma gal5-la2 gal MVN 01, 182 2; gal5-la2 gal MVN 01, 182 4; 1(u) gin2 gal5-la2 gal# MVN 04, 136 16. unknown/Ebla/Ebla gal5:la MEE 03, 043 o iii 3b. unknown/Ur III/Drehem gal5-la2 gal Aleppo 013 4; gal5-la2 gal Aleppo 380 ii 3; gal5-la2 gal Aleppo 382 ii 3. unknown/Ur III/Umma gal5!?-la2 [...] MVN 16, 1536 3; gal5-la2 gal SAT 2, 0070 4; gal5-la2 gal SAT 2, 0228 7.

2. a demon

Akk. gallû "demon; constable".

[1995] G. Visicato, Bureaucracy of Fara 130-131.

[1993] M. Civil, St Hallo 74.

See ETCSL: gal5-la2=type of demon.

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