gabû I
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Variant: gabīʾu, gabiʾu, gabbû
Meanings:
alum
de:German: Deutsch Alaun
fr:French: Français alun
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), MAMA: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1500–1000 BCE), MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE), LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE)
Domain: Materials for treating leather and textiles; materials and substances; stones and minerals
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
2Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ga-bi-im ARM 23, 158ff no. 139-170: passim. for dyeing and tanning (see Degraeve 1996, 25-28). new
MB-EmarMB-Emar: Middle Babylonian texts from Emar (ca. 1500–1200 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (5 talents) ga-bi-i Emar 6, 87: 7. new
Discussion
For dyeing and tanning in LB, see Zawadzki 2006, 44.