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gammalu II

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Meanings:

camel

Kamel

chameau

جَمَل

Distribution: ,

Domain: Animals; mammals; domesticated animals

Grammar:

pos:

Logogram: ANŠE.A.AB.BA More likely to be read gammalu than ibilu , see Heide 2010, 351 .

Etymology: Borrowed ＜

6Attestations

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 200 gam-ma-lu-šú-nu adi biltišunu … ikšud qātāja RIMB 2, 300 iv 35 “I took 200 (of) their camels including their load”. The spelling without determinative is unusual. ^new

NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) immerē anše!gam!-⸢mal!⸣meš ⸢lā iḫabbutū nišē iḫabbutū SAA 1, 82: s. 1 SAAo “they do not plunder sheep or camels, they plunder people”. ^new

NBNB: Neo Babylonian (ca. 1000–626 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ANŠE.A.AB.BA suluppī indamma OIP 114, 39: 16 “load a camel with dates”. ^new

NBNB: Neo Babylonian (ca. 1000–626 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ANŠE.A.AB.BAmeš-šú-nu ḫabtū OIP 114, 32: 5 “their camels were plundered”. For further refs. see ib. 310. ^new

NBNB: Neo Babylonian (ca. 1000–626 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) rēʾi ⸢ANŠE⸣.A.AB.BA OIP 114, 62: 21 “camel herder”. ^new

NBNB: Neo Babylonian (ca. 1000–626 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 2 ANŠE.A.⸢AB⸣.[BAmeš] SAA 17, 4: 4 SAAo. In broken context, but in l. 5 the Arab. tribe Sabaʾ is mentioned. ^new

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