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gabagallu

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Meanings:

(an object made from leather or fabric; a part of a wagon)

(ein Leder- oder Stoffgegenstand; ein Wagenteil)

(un objet en cuir ou en tissu ; une pièce de voiture)

Grammar:

pos: gender:

Logogram: GABA.GÁL.LA, giš GABA.GÁL.LA

Etymology: Borrowed ＜ gaba-gál-la

5Attestations

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) gaba-gal-lu ARM 7, 243: 4 ARCHIBAB. ^new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) túggaba-gál-lu ARM 22, 324 ii 11 ARCHIBAB. See Durand 2009, 34 with add. refs. ^new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GABA.GÁL BIN 9, 75: 463. of leather, van de Mieroop 1987, 136 with Charpin 1990a, 90. ^new

gišGABA.GÁL.LASBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šumma gišGABA.GÁL.LA īmur Sakikkû I 49 “if he sees a g .-box (of a carriage?)”. ^new

GABA.GÁL.LASBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) šumma gišgaba.gál.la : pitnu ereqqi ša 1-en parû ū lū 1-en ANŠE .x […] CunMon. 49/2, 7: 45f. “if (he sees) a g. -box (refers to) the box of a cart, which a single mule or a single donkey(?) […];”. Commentary Sakikkû I 49. See also the Sakikkû I commentaries Wee 2019, 31: 29 (restored; [..]. ša ištēn umāma ṣa[ndu]) and ib. 57 r 10′f. (gaba.gál.la: pitnu). ^new

Discussion

See Arkhipov 2012, 7f.. The SB comm. and lex. attestations suggest the floor or body of a small cart (George 1991, 162). In OB, the word describes an object made from leather or fabric that could have served multiple purposes (Durand 2009, 34). Cf. also Ur III gaba-gál kù-sig₁₇ UET 3, 335: 2, perhaps a pectoral or breastplate, see Sallaberger 1995, 17.

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