gada [FLAX] N (1378x) 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. gada; gada^sar; ^tug₂gada; ga-da; ga-tu "flax; linen"

[1]	𒃰	gada
[2]	𒃰𒊬	gada^sar
[3]	𒌆𒃰	^tug₂gada
[4]	𒂵𒁕	ga-da
[5]	𒂵𒌅	ga-tu

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		44	34		89	103	927	114	43	1
[2]									12	2
[3]								1	6
[4]								1
[5]									1

22 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (44x/3%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (34x/2%)

Old Akkadian (89x/6%)

Lagash II (103x/7%)

Ur III (927x/67%)

Old Babylonian (116x/8%)

Middle Assyrian (1x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (32x/2%)

Neo-Assyrian (18x/1%)

Neo-Babylonian (8x/1%)

Hellenistic (3x/0%)

unknown (3x/0%)

Senses:

1. flax (1360x/99%)

2. linen (18x/1%)

Akk. kitû.

Bibliography

[2006] W. Sommerfeld, Akkadian Language 56.

Word ID: o0027611; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0027611; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)