dullu
1 Lexical
Commentaries
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) dul-la : bi-ki-tum : dul-la : ta-né-ḫi Fs. Leichty, 154 r. 16 CCP “'misery' (means) 'crying', 'misery' (means) 'moaning'”. Commentary on Alu XXIII 84. new
5Further Attestations
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ištū buluṭ abīja du-⸢lam⸣ ašdud u ūmam a-du-⸢li⸣-im-ma ē taṣba＜tī＞ni AKT 9a, 75 Kt. / kt. c/k 1510 23f. “I have endured hardship because of my father's health and now you shall not keep me in hardship”. see AKT 9a 122. new
MB-AmarMB-Amar: Middle Babylonian texts from Amarna (ca. 1500–1200 BCE) du-ul-lu SIG EA, 14 iii 75, 77 “fine workmanship”. See CAD T 465 **tullû. The entry tullû in AHw is deleted accordingly.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) umma kītt[u ša PN šakin māt] Mari dul-la-a-ti [annâti īpu]š RIMB 2, 284 r. 6 “is it true [that PN governor of the land] Mari [accomplish]ed [these] deeds?” see also RIMB 2, 285 r. 10.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ana dul-lu ša PN šarri u mārēšu TCS 5, 283 no. 13b: 7 “for the d. -ritual of PN, the king, and his sons”. new
LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) dul-lu gamru PIHANS 80, 359 BM.74682 1 “completed work”. new
Discussion
On bīt dullu see van Driel 1990 (land under cultivation that has reached full productivity). Cf. also Jursa 1995, 126 no. 256.
On dullu as corvee work, see van Driel 2002, 260ff.; Abraham 2004, 36f., with disc. and ref.