gidim [GHOST] N (170x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, Uncertain, unknown wr. gidim; ^dgidim; gidim₂; gidimₓ(NINDA₂×GI.IDIM); gi-dim; ki-ti-im; gidim₄ "spirit of a deceased person, ghost"

[1]	𒄇	gidim
[2]	𒀭𒄇	^dgidim
[3]	𒈦𒌋	gidim₂
[4]	𒎒𒅂	gidimₓ(NINDA₂×GI.IDIM)
[5]	𒄀𒁴	gi-dim
[6]	𒆠𒋾𒅎	ki-ti-im
[7]	𒌜	gidim₄
+	--ma=m+a (2x/1%); --ma=m.a (24x/14%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		2	3				8	107	21	6
[2]							3	4	1
[3]									6
[4]							4
[5]										2
[6]								2
[7]									1

27 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (2x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (3x/2%)

Ur III (15x/9%)

Old Babylonian (113x/66%)

Middle Assyrian (2x/1%)

Middle Babylonian (5x/3%)

Neo-Assyrian (12x/7%)

Neo-Babylonian (9x/5%)

Hellenistic (1x/1%)

Uncertain (4x/2%)

unknown (4x/2%)

Verbal prefixes:nu.

Senses:

1. spirit of a deceased person, ghost (170x/100%)

Akk. eṭemmu.

Bibliography

[2009] W. Heimpel, Workers 138-9.

[2001/02] D. Foxvog, AfO 48/49 175.

Word ID: o0028131; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0028131; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)