bal [DIG]

(511 instances)

bal [DIG] (511x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Early Old Babylonian, Old Babylonian) wr. ba-al; bal; bal3; bal4; pe-el "to dig, excavate; to unload (a boat)" Akk. herû

[1] cuneiform BA.AL ba-al
[2] cuneiform BAL bal
[3] cuneiform |AL×AL| bal3
[4] cuneiform |AL×KI| bal4
[5] cuneiform PI.EL pe-el
+ -la (318x/62%); -0 (186x/36%); -la2 (6x/1%); -le (1x/0%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 30 381 92
[2] 1
[3]
[4]
[5]

64 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. to dig, excavate (510x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown lu2 pa5 ba-al = [he-ri pa-al-gi-im] OB Lu-Azlag A 219; lu2 id2 ba-al = he#-[ri na-ri-im] OB Lu-Azlag A 220; lu2 du6 ba-al = na-pi-[lum] OB Lu-Azlag A 221; lu2 ki ba-al = mu-na-pi-[lum] OB Lu-Azlag A 222. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu mu-ba-al VS 14, 006 o ii 3; mu-ba-al VS 25, 108 r iii 4; mu-ba-al VS 27, 003 r iii 5; 1(u@c) la2 1(diš) absin3 sum-sikil [mu]-ba-al VS 27, 005 o i 4; mu-<ba*>-al VS 27, 037 o iii 1; mu-ba-al VS 27, 061 o ii 4; mu-ba-al 5(×DIŠ@t) VS 27, 065 r iii 2. ELA/ED IIIb/unknown mu-ba-al Nik 1, 051 r i 3; mu-ba-al Nik 1, 139 o ii 3. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu ba-al-dam ITT 2, 02861 2; šum2 ba-al-la ITT 2, 04417 2; ba-ba-al RTC 084 3. ELA/Lagash II/Girsu mu# i7 en-sig-nun [ba-ba]-al NFT p. 185, AO 4308 3; mu i7 gešilar-ba ba-ba-al-la RTC 191 2. ELA/Ur III/Drehem munu4 ib2-ba-al x WO 11, 20 7. ELA/Ur III/Girsu lu2-dutu-ka nu-ba-al-e-da AOAT 025, 445 R Scot M r ii 8'; e2-ki-sa6 lugal-pa-e3 ensi2-ka in-ba-al-eš2 AOAT 025, 445 R Scot M o i 7; pa5 ba-al-la u3 a-ša3 a du11-ga ASJ 13, 222 69 o iii 5. ELA/Ur III/Nippur 2(aš) gur še in-nu-ta ba-al-la NATN 728 r i 5. ELA/Ur III/Umma i7 a du10-ga ba-al-la Aegyptus 08, 264, 11 7; DU 2(diš)-še3 še ba-al-la guru7-a DUB!? x ba-ra!? AnOr 01, 044 5; u4 2(diš)-še3 ma2 la2-a ba-al-la AnOr 01, 062 3. ELA/Ur III/Ur 2(ban2) 5(diš) ba-al-um# UET 3, 1034 r i 4. ELA/Ur III/unclear [...] gur a2 sig7-ga2 i7 x-he2-gal2 ba-al HUCA 29, 100 23 7'; ma2 dug ba-al-e-de3 TCS 1, 216 4. ELA/Early Old Babylonian/Nippur ba-al-[la] OB Contracts, pl. B1 no. 7 16. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu mu-ba-al DP 376 r i 4; mu-ba-al DP 378 o ii 4; mu-ba-al DP 379 r ii 4. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown mu-ba-al HSS 03, 51 r i 8; mu-ba-al TSA 41 r iii 1. unknown/Old Akkadian/Girsu mu id2 pirig-gin7-du ba-ba-al-la# NFT p. 184, AO 4310 5; mu id2 dnin-gir2-su-ušumgal ba-ba-al-la RTC 201 3; mu id2 dba-ba6-he2-gal2-su3 ba-ba-al-la RTC 253 11. unknown/Ur III/Drehem ba-al-la na-gab2-tum ku4-ra Aleppo 167 4; i7-amuš ba-al-la Aleppo 200 2; ša3 e2-amar-ra sahar ba-al-la Aleppo 202 3; pa5 ba-al-la Aleppo 228 3; i7-dašnan ba-al-še3 Aleppo 263 3. unknown/Ur III/Girsu 1(u) 4(diš) sar pa4 ba-al ASJ 11, 130 60 6; geme2#-1(diš)-e u4 1(diš)-a su-ga 2(diš)-am3 i3-dan3-dan3 i3-ba-al-e TCTI 2, 02819 o iv 15'; geme2 1(diš)-e u4 1(diš)-a su-ga-bi 4(diš)-am3 i3-dan3-dan3 i3-ba-al-e TCTI 2, 02819 o v 4'. unknown/Ur III/Umma pa4 a-da-ga ba-al Georgica 2.10 10; ma2 la2-a ba-al-la Georgica 7.02 8; ninda ba-al-la MVN 16, 0767 6. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown mu-un-ba-al UET 5, 150 29; ba-ba-al YOS 05, 136 15.

See: gag dud bal; gag šum bal; ma bal.

2. to unload (a boat) (1x/0%)

~ELA/Ur III/Umma u4 5(diš)-še3 ma2 ba-al-la ASJ 09, 241 20 3.

Akk. herû "to dig".

[1994] M. Civil, Farmer's Instructions 111-112.


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