gaba [CHEST] N (2390x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. gaba; ^ŋešgaba; gaba-gaba; ga-ba; gab-ba; gab₂; ^gigaba; ^uzugaba "breast, chest; frontier; coast; opposite side (of the Tigris), Elam (in messenger texts); surface"

See gaba ri[confront]V/t, gaba rugu[oppose]V/t, gaba sig[beat the breast]V/i, gaba zig[depart]V/i, gabaʾa tab[breast feed]V/t.

[1]	𒃮	gaba
[2]	𒄑𒃮	^ŋešgaba
[3]	𒃮𒃮	gaba-gaba
[4]	𒂵𒁀	ga-ba
[5]	𒃮𒁀	gab-ba
[6]	𒆏	gab₂
[7]	𒄀𒃮	^gigaba
[8]	𒍜𒃮	^uzugaba

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		4	66		58	7	1778	378	64	12
[2]								9	2
[3]					2		3	2
[4]								1
[5]									1
[6]								1
[7]								1
[8]									1

38 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (4x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (66x/3%)

Old Akkadian (60x/3%)

Lagash II (7x/0%)

Ur III (1781x/75%)

Old Babylonian (392x/16%)

Middle Assyrian (2x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (9x/0%)

Neo-Assyrian (33x/1%)

Neo-Babylonian (14x/1%)

Hellenistic (10x/0%)

unknown (12x/1%)

Senses:

1. breast, chest (2385x/100%)

2. frontier (3x/0%)

3. coast (1x/0%)

4. opposite side (of the Tigris), Elam (in messenger texts)

5. surface (1x/0%)

Akk. irtu.

Bibliography

[1988] M. Yoshikawa, ASJ 10 238.

Word ID: o0027496; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0027496; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)