galla [POLICEMAN] N (194x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Ebla, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, Uncertain wr. gal₅-la₂; gallaₓ(TE); gallaₓ(ḪI×NUN.ME); gal₅-la; gal₅-la₂-gal₅-la₂; galₓ(TE^g)-la; ^lu₂gallaₓ(TE) "policeman; a demon"

[1]	𒋼𒇲	gal₅-la₂
[2]	𒋼	gallaₓ(TE)
[3]	𒄴𒈨	gallaₓ(ḪI×NUN.ME)
[4]	𒋼𒆷	gal₅-la
[5]	𒋼𒇲𒋼𒇲	gal₅-la₂-gal₅-la₂
[6]	𒋼𒋽𒆷	galₓ(TE^g)-la
[7]	𒇽𒋼	^lu₂gallaₓ(TE)

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		16	4			2	5	135	16	1
[2]		3						1
[3]								3
[4]				1			1	1
[5]								3
[6]			1
[7]									1

27 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (19x/10%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (5x/3%)

Ebla (1x/1%)

Lagash II (2x/1%)

Ur III (6x/3%)

Old Babylonian (143x/74%)

Neo-Assyrian (7x/4%)

Neo-Babylonian (8x/4%)

Hellenistic (2x/1%)

Uncertain (1x/1%)

Senses:

1. policeman (174x/90%)

2. a demon (20x/10%)

Akk. gallû.

Bibliography

[1995] G. Visicato, Bureaucracy of Šuruppak 130-131.

[1993] M. Civil, St Hallo 74.

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