galam [SKILFUL] V/i (168x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. galam; galam-galam; ga-lam; ga-la-ma; galam-ma^ki; ^gagalam-galam^ga-^la-^am; ^gagalam-galam^ga-^la-^ma "(to be) skilful, elaborate, clever; to make artfully"

[1]	𒃴	galam
[2]	𒃴𒃴	galam-galam
[3]	𒂵𒇴	ga-lam
[4]	𒂵𒆷𒈠	ga-la-ma
[5]	𒃴𒈠𒆠	galam-ma^ki
[6]	𒂵𒃴𒃴𒂵𒆷𒄠	^gagalam-galam^ga-^la-^am
[7]	𒂵𒃴𒃴𒂵𒆷𒈠	^gagalam-galam^ga-^la-^ma
+	--ma=m.a (51x/30%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		2						137	10	1
[2]								10	2
[3]						1	1
[4]								1
[5]								1
[6]									1
[7]									1

40 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (2x/1%)

Lagash II (1x/1%)

Ur III (1x/1%)

Old Babylonian (149x/89%)

Neo-Assyrian (7x/4%)

Neo-Babylonian (3x/2%)

Hellenistic (4x/2%)

unknown (1x/1%)

Verbal prefixes:Vmma.i.b; ha.V; ha.mu.a.n; mu.n; u.ba.V; ša.V.m; ša.V.ra.b; ša.ba.n.

Senses:

1. (to be) skilful, elaborate, clever (164x/98%)

2. to make artfully [V/t] (4x/2%)

Akk. naklu.

Bibliography

[2005] P. Attinger, ZA 95 216.

Word ID: o0027749; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0027749; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)