nagallu
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Alternative Reading: naqallu
Meanings:
(a profession related to waterworks); (caisson) (?)
de:German: Deutsch (ein Beruf mit Bezug zur Wasserversorgung); (Senkkasten) (?)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Etymology: Cf. Sum. naĝ “water skin, water bucket”?
1Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šūbultaka kīma na-ga-al-li-i ana mê tassuk VS 22, 83: 10 “you have thrown the shipment into the water as if they were n.” Kraus/Klengel 1983, 51, following a suggestion by Veenhof, consider a meaning “caisson” in this instance. All known refs. occur in the context of water(works). new