ba [HALF]

(2 instances)

ba [HALF] (2x: Old Babylonian) wr. ba3; ba7 "half; thirty" Akk. bāmtu; mišlu; šalāšā

[1] cuneiform |U.U.U| ba3
[2] cuneiform MAŠ ba7
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1. half (2x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur [[ba]] = = = na-ša-a-rum OB Aa 146:5. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown [[ba]] = = BA = na#-ša-rum MSL 09, 124-137 ix 566.

2. thirty

Akk. bāmtu "half"; mišlu "half"; šalāšā.

[2002] J. Hoyrup, Lengths Widths Surfaces 31 wn33353.

[1998] H. Hunger, St Römer 181.

See ETCSL: bappir=beer bread.

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