kigālu
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Variant: kikallû, kagallu, kigallu
Meanings:
fallow land
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Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), LB (?)LB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) — uncertain dating
Domain: Agriculture; landscape
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivegender: fem.Feminine
Logogram: KI.KAL, KI.GÁL, KI.UD, KI.GÁL.LÁ
Etymology: Borrowed ＜ Sum.Sumerian
1 Lexical
SB-LexSB-Lex: Standard Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ki-ga[l]-lu/la = ditto (erṣetu ša mērešti) AOAT 50, 330: 22 (Malku) DCCLT “waste land = agricultural land”. new
1Further Attestations
LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) KI.⸢KAL?⸣meš-ʾ ša DNf kirû zēru šuʾāti ippušū SpTU 5, 308: 15 eBL “they will make the fallow lands(?) of DNf into this orchard (and) field”. Hellenistic. Reading uncertain. new