dara [RED]

(43 instances)

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

[1] cuneiform DARA₄ 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) munus2-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".


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