baṭālu
2 Lexical
Lexical Lists
OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ašar ašpuruka lā ta-ba-aṭ-ṭi-⸢il⸣ CUSAS 12, 253: 213 “where I sent you to, do not stop!” (grammatical text, Sumerian part damaged).
Commentaries
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ina DU₁₁.DU₁₁-šúda⸢bā⸣bišu ittene[prikku šuparkû ? :] ba-ṭa-lu CunMon. 49/2, 107 r. 1f. “(his) mouth keeps f[ailing] while he speaks [(meaning) to allow to cease(?) (meaning also)] to cease”. Commentary Sakikkû III 46. new
11. GtnGtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative)
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) Gtn+Gtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative) adī ajjim ūmim ib-ta-na-ṭí-il₅-kà-ma lā tušašqalšu Prag, 430: 28 “for how long will he keep ceasing (payment) while you don't make him pay?”
22. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)
LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ana muḫḫi maḫrû [š]a nīrubu ba-ṭilₓ (TAR) AOAT 414, 13: 10 “before we entered (the city), he was idle”. new
LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) dullā ša ITI ūmū la ba-ṭalₓ (TAR) al YOS 3, 17: 39 “my work of one month has really been undone (in just three days)”. The same spelling is attested in TCL 9, 131: 13 (see Hackl et al. 2014, 122).
Discussion
The LB references had previously been discussed in CAD s.v. matar (end of entry) and AHw. s.v. bātar. For the reading ṭa/ilₓ for TAR see Hackl et al. 2014, 122, Hackl 2016 and Levavi 2018, 471. For the deletion of the lemma bātar see also EDA 1, 652.