balāṭu I

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šulum bala-ṭí u darî lušmē CUSAS 9, 6: 22 “may I hear greetings of life and lasting”. note the unusual spelling. ^new

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts makâtim ša agurrim manīʾāt kisallim simat ilūtiša ana ba-la-ṭí-ia ēpušma Wilcke 2017, 472: 42 “for (the well-being of) my life I made pillars of backed bricks (according to) the measurements of the courtyard befitting her divinity”.

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts DNf nābiʾat šumija milik ḫalāqišu purussê lā ba-la-ṭì-šu ana dār iqbī Wilcke 2017, 744: 87 “DNf, who appointed me, shall command the order of his disappearance (and) the decision against his life forever”.

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ba-la-ṭum lū ikkibšu RIME 4, 709: 60 “life shall be a taboo for him”. curse formula, see also RIME 4, 714 iii 2 (partially restored). ^new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) ša lā kâšimma īteme ba-la-⸢ṭu⸣ (∥ TI.LA ; ⸢TIN ⸣; ba-laṭ-su) šēduš Ludlul I 97 ↗eBL “the one who was of no help (for me) became lucky (lit.: (his) life turned into his protective deity)”.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) ⸢uṭeḫḫâmma⸣ tâšu ša TIN (∥ ⸢ba-la-ṭu⸣) u šulum Ludlul III 68 ↗eBL “he brought near his incantation of life (giving) and well-being”. Diff. Oshima 2014, 99 (“[He has b]rought near his spell instead of cough” reading the second half of the line differently šá kam šu-lum).

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) palāḫu damāqa ullad niqû ba-la-ṭu uttar u teslītu arnī ipaṭ⸢ṭar⸣ Counsels of Wisdom: A+87 ↗eBL “reverence begets benevolence, sacrifice prolongs life, and prayer releases (from) sins”. Note the similar phrasing palāḫ ilī damāqu ullad pāliḫ anunnakkī balāṭu uttar in a NA letter, perhaps resulting from conflation of ll. A+86-87 and A+89-90; cf. .