arali [EARTH] N (81x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, unknown wr. a-ra-li; arali; arali^a-^ra-^li; araliₓ(URU×GAL); arali(KUR.BAD); ^a-^ra-^liarali(KUR.BAD) "earth, land; underworld"

[1]	𒀀𒊏𒇷	a-ra-li
[2]	𒂍𒆳𒁁	arali
[3]	𒂍𒆳𒁁𒀀𒊏𒇷	arali^a-^ra-^li
[4]	𒌽𒌽	araliₓ(URU×GAL)
[5]	𒆳𒁁𒆳𒁁	arali(KUR.BAD)
[6]	𒀀𒊏𒇷𒆳𒁁𒆳𒁁	^a-^ra-^liarali(KUR.BAD)

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]			1				6	52	11	3
[2]								1	3
[3]									3
[4]									1
[5]
[6]

9 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (1x/1%)

Ur III (6x/7%)

Old Babylonian (53x/65%)

Middle Babylonian (1x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (12x/15%)

Neo-Babylonian (5x/6%)

unknown (3x/4%)

Senses:

1. earth, land (73x/90%)

2. underworld (8x/10%)

Akk. erṣetu.

araliₓ(|URU×GAL|)

= erṣetu (Ea 06 Seg.3, 12').

Lexical Associations

arallû[netherworld]N (// arali[earth])

⸢a⸣-ra-li = a-ra-al-⸢lu⸣-[u] (K 02039 o i 9').

⸢arali⸣.MIN<(^a-^ra-^li)> = MIN<(a-ra-al-lu-u)> (K 02039 o i 10'; RA 17, 160, K 08631+ ii' 3').

bītu[house]N mūtu[death]N (// arali[earth])

arali = E₂ mu-ti (CT 18, pl. 29-30, K 02054 r i 28').

erṣetu[earth]N (// arali[earth])

arali = er-ṣe-tu (CT 18, pl. 29-30, K 02054 r i 27').

araliₓ(URU×GAL) = [er-ṣe-tu] (Ea 06 Seg.3, 12').

mītu[dead]N (// arali[earth])

arali^a-^ra-^li = mi-i-⸢tum⸣ (K 02021A+ r ii 34').

naqbaru[burial place]N (// arali[earth])

arali = na-aq-ba-ru (CT 18, pl. 29-30, K 02054 r i 29').

it-ti-el šūt[who(m)]DET EN-ni (// dim[post] arali[earth])

^ŋeš⸢dim₃ a-ra-li⸣ = it-⸢ti^?-el^?⸣ šu₂-ut ⸢EN-ni⸣ ga-šir₄ ^dUTU (RA 17, 133, K 04161+ r ii 14').

liqtu[gathered material]N (// kugsig[gold] arali[earth])

[kug]-⸢sig₁₇⸣ a-ra-li = liq-tum (LTBA 1, 35 r ii' 4'; Ura 12 Seg.2, 4).

References for all phrases

arali[earth]

a-ra-li (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 394).

[a-ra]-li = er-⸢ṣe⸣-[tum] (MSL 13, 35 D i 21').

⸢a⸣-ra-li = a-ra-al-⸢lu⸣-[u] (K 02039 o i 9').

⸢arali⸣.MIN<(^a-^ra-^li)> = MIN<(a-ra-al-lu-u)> (K 02039 o i 10'; RA 17, 160, K 08631+ ii' 3').

arali = E₂ mu-ti (CT 18, pl. 29-30, K 02054 r i 28').

arali = er-ṣe-tu (CT 18, pl. 29-30, K 02054 r i 27').

araliₓ(URU×GAL) = [er-ṣe-tu] (Ea 06 Seg.3, 12').

arali^a-^ra-^li = mi-i-⸢tum⸣ (K 02021A+ r ii 34').

arali = na-aq-ba-ru (CT 18, pl. 29-30, K 02054 r i 29').

dim[post] arali[earth]

^ŋeš⸢dim₃ a-ra-li⸣ = it-⸢ti^?-el^?⸣ šu₂-ut ⸢EN-ni⸣ ga-šir₄ ^dUTU (RA 17, 133, K 04161+ r ii 14').

e[house] arali[earth]

e₂ a-ra-li (OB Nippur Kagal 204).

kugsig[gold] arali[earth]

[kug]-⸢sig₁₇⸣ a-ra-li = liq-tum (LTBA 1, 35 r ii' 4'; Ura 12 Seg.2, 4).

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