alal [TUBE] N (30x) Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic wr. alal; ^ŋešalal; ^gia^e-la₂; alal^urud; ^a-^lalalal; ^dugalal₂^a-^lal₂; ^urudalal; ^ŋešalal-la; ^ŋešalal^e-^lal; ^ŋeš  ^a-^lalalal; alal^zabar; ^dugalal; ^dugalal₂; ^dugu₃-lu-lu; ^gia-la₂ "tube, pipe"

[1]	𒋄	alal
[2]	𒄑𒋄	^ŋeš alal
[3]	𒄀𒀀𒂊𒇲	^gia^e-la₂
[4]	𒋄𒍏	alal ^urud
[5]	𒀀𒇲𒋄	^a-^lalalal
[6]	𒂁𒋃𒀀𒇳	^dugalal₂^a-^lal₂
[7]	𒍏𒋄	^urud alal
[8]	𒄑𒋄𒆷	^ŋešalal-la
[9]	𒄑𒋄𒂊𒇲	^ŋešalal^e-^lal
[10]	𒄑𒀀𒇲𒋄	^ŋeš  ^a-^lalalal
[11]	𒋄𒌓𒅗𒁇	alal ^zabar
[12]	𒂁𒋄	^dug alal
[13]	𒂁𒋃	^dug alal₂
[14]	𒂁𒅇𒇻𒇻	^dugu₃-lu-lu
[15]	𒄀𒀀𒇲	^gia-la₂
+	--la₂=l.a (1x/3%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]							3	10	4
[2]								3	1
[3]									2
[4]							1
[5]									1
[6]									1
[7]					1
[8]								1
[9]									1
[10]									1
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15 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Old Akkadian (1x/3%)

Ur III (4x/13%)

Old Babylonian (14x/47%)

Middle Assyrian (1x/3%)

Neo-Assyrian (6x/20%)

Neo-Babylonian (2x/7%)

Hellenistic (2x/7%)

Senses:

1. tube, pipe (30x/100%)

Akk. alallû.

Bibliography

[2009] W. Heimpel, Workers 183 n117.

[2005] P. Attinger, ZA 95 272.

[1981] P. Steinkeller, OA 20 243-249.

alal

(OB Nippur Ea 241; OB Nippur Aa 241:1).

= alallum (Ea 04 17).

Lexical Associations

alallu[drain]N (// alal[tube])

^dugalal₂^a-^lal₂ = ŠU<(alallum)>^lum (DT 052 r i 17').

alallû[drain]N (// alal[tube])

alal = a-[lal-lum] (SpTU 1, 120 o 4'; Ea 04 17).

⸢^ŋešalal⸣ = a-a-lal-[lu] [...] (LTBA 1, 52 (+) LTBA 1, 87 o 24'').

^ŋešalal^e-^lal = e-lal-[lu] (CT 12, pl. 44, K 04403 r ii 22).

^ŋeš  ^a-^lalalal = a-lal-lum (CT 12, pl. 45, K 04408 r i' 5').

maslahu[(a libation tube)]N (// alal[tube])

[^gia]^e-la₂ = mas-la-ḫu (BM 047420 o 4').

maššû[(a carrying basket or board)]N (// alal[tube])

[^gia]⸢^e⸣-la₂ = maš-šu-uʾ (BM 047420 o 3').

naṣṣabu[drain pipe]N ša[of]DET qanû[reed]N (// alal[tube])

^a-^lalalal = MIN<(na-ṣa-bu)> ša₂ GI (CT 19, pl. 30-32, K 04352+ r i 6).

References for all phrases

alal[tube]

alal (OB Nippur Ea 241; JCS 32, 145, N 4938 r ii' 11').

alal = a-lu-u₂-um (OB Nippur Aa 241:1).

alal = [...] (MSL 14, 369 o 1').

alalaₓ(ŠID×A) (MSL 14, 29 Lb b i 12').

^ŋešalal (CUSAS 12, 3.1.1 c i 20).

^ŋešalal-<<x>>-la (CUNES 48-08-031 o 1).

^dugalal₂^a-^lal₂ = ŠU<(alallum)>^lum (DT 052 r i 17').

alal = a-[lal-lum] (SpTU 1, 120 o 4'; Ea 04 17).

⸢^ŋešalal⸣ = a-a-lal-[lu] [...] (LTBA 1, 52 (+) LTBA 1, 87 o 24'').

^ŋešalal^e-^lal = e-lal-[lu] (CT 12, pl. 44, K 04403 r ii 22).

^ŋeš  ^a-^lalalal = a-lal-lum (CT 12, pl. 45, K 04408 r i' 5').

[^gia]^e-la₂ = mas-la-ḫu (BM 047420 o 4').

[^gia]⸢^e⸣-la₂ = maš-šu-uʾ (BM 047420 o 3').

^a-^lalalal = MIN<(na-ṣa-bu)> ša₂ GI (CT 19, pl. 30-32, K 04352+ r i 6).

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