gal [BIG] V/i (7692x) Early Dynastic I-II, Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Ebla, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, Uncertain, unknown wr. gal; gal-gal; gu-la; gal^zabar; gu-ul; gu-ul-gu-ul; gu-la^sar; gu-le; ^ŋešgal; ga-la; gal^mušen; gu; gu-la^mušen; en; ga-al; gal^kug-^sig₁₇; gal^ku₆; gazigal; gu-la^ku₆; gul; ku-ul; ga-ga-le; gal^ki; gal^kug-^babbar; gal₂; gi; gu-lu-a; ^u₂gu-la; ga; x "(to be) big, great; (to be) senior; (to be) retired, former; (to be) mature (of male animals); older; goblet"

See erin galgal[conscripts]N, gal dub EZEN[functionary]N, gud gal[ox]N, ŋušur gal[large roof beam]N, haš gal hur[scratch the groin]V/t, ma galgal[ship]N, ni gal gur[clad]V/t, zag gal[seat]N.

[1]	𒃲	gal
[2]	𒃲𒃲	gal-gal
[3]	𒄖𒆷	gu-la
[4]	𒃲𒌓𒅗𒁇	gal^zabar
[5]	𒄖𒌌	gu-ul
[6]	𒄖𒌌𒄖𒌌	gu-ul-gu-ul
[7]	𒄖𒆷𒊬	gu-la^sar
[8]	𒄖𒇷	gu-le
[9]	𒄑𒃲	^ŋešgal
[10]	𒂵𒆷	ga-la
[11]	𒃲𒄷	gal^mušen
[12]	𒄖	gu
[13]	𒄖𒆷𒄷	gu-la^mušen
[14]	𒂗	en
[15]	𒂵𒀠	ga-al
[16]	𒃲𒆬𒄀	gal^kug-^sig₁₇
[17]	𒃲𒄩	gal^ku₆
[18]	𒂾	gazigal
[19]	𒄖𒆷𒄩	gu-la^ku₆
[20]	𒄢	gul
[21]	𒆪𒌌	ku-ul
[22]	𒂵𒂵𒇷	ga-ga-le
[23]	𒃲𒆠	gal^ki
[24]	𒃲𒆬𒌓	gal^kug-^babbar
[25]	𒅅	gal₂
[26]	𒄀	gi
[27]	𒄖𒇻𒀀	gu-lu-a
[28]	𒌑𒄖𒆷	^u₂gu-la
[29]	𒂵	ga
[30]	x	x
+	--la=l+a (18x/0%); --la=l.a (402x/5%); --la₂=l.a (7x/0%); --le=l+e (54x/1%); --le=l.e (8x/0%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]	1	14	227	2	128	76	1620	2112	702	56
[2]		9	249	2	38	24	239	620	127	9
[3]		1	36		22	3	830	220	170	8
[4]								28	18
[5]						1		29	1
[6]						1		18
[7]									4	1
[8]								4	1
[9]								2	2	1
[10]								1	3
[11]								1	2
[12]					1			2
[13]									3
[14]								1		1
[15]								2
[16]									2
[17]								2
[18]									2
[19]									2
[20]								2
[21]								2
[22]									1
[23]								1
[24]									1
[25]									1
[26]								1
[27]								1
[28]								1
[29]
[30]

265 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Verbal prefixes:V; V.b; V.m; V.n; V.na; V.ra.b; al; ba.b; ba.da.b; ba.i.b; ba.i.n; ga.mu.na.b; ha; ha.V.b; ha.V.m; ha.V.m.da; ha.V.n; ha.V.ne; ha.V.ni.b; ha.V.ra.b; ha.Vmma.i.n; ha.ba.b; ha.ba.i; mu.a.b; mu.i; mu.i.b; mu.n; mu.ni; mu.ni.b; mu.ra.i.b; na; na.V.n; nu; nu.V.b; nu.ba; nu.ba.i.n; ~.

Senses:

1. (to be) big, great (7673x/100%)

2. (to be) senior

3. (to be) retired, former

4. (to be) mature (of male animals)

5. older [AJ] (2x/0%)

6. goblet [N] (17x/0%)

Akk. rabû.

Bibliography

[2005] M. Guichard, ARM 31 1-13

[2005] C. Wilcke, RAI 48 439.

[2002] J. Høyrup, Lengths Widths Surfaces 44.

[1998] M. Krebernik, Die Texte aus Fara 301.

[1995] R. Englund, OrNS 64 394.

[1981] P. Steinkeller, ASJ 3 83 n29.

Word ID: o0027732; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0027732; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)

gal [BIG] (V/i)

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic I-II (1x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIa (24x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (512x/7%)

Ebla (4x/0%)

Old Akkadian (189x/2%)

Lagash II (105x/1%)

Ur III (2689x/35%)

Old Babylonian (3050x/40%)

Middle Assyrian (17x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (104x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (641x/8%)

Neo-Babylonian (90x/1%)

Hellenistic (190x/2%)

Uncertain (3x/0%)

unknown (73x/1%)