ba [HALF] (N)

29 instances

ba [HALF] N (29x) Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian wr. ba₇; ba₃; ba; baba₇; ki-in-ba-raba₇ "half; thirty"

[1] 𒈦 ba₇
[2] 𒌍 ba₃
[3] 𒁀 ba
[4] 𒁀𒈦 ba ba₇
[5] 𒆠𒅔𒁀𒊏𒈦 ki-in-ba-raba₇
PC ED IIIa ED IIIb Ebla OAkk Lag II Ur III OB Post-OB (unknown)
[1] 1 8 7
[2] 2 4
[3] 2 3
[4] 1
[5] 1

6 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Ur III (1x/3%)

Old Babylonian (13x/45%)

Middle Assyrian (2x/7%)

Middle Babylonian (3x/10%)

Neo-Assyrian (9x/31%)

Neo-Babylonian (1x/3%)

Senses:

1. half (27x/93%)

2. thirty (2x/7%)

Akk. bāmtu; mišlu; šalāšā.

Bibliography

[2002] J. Hoyrup, Lengths Widths Surfaces 31 wn33353.

[1998] H. Hunger, St Römer 181.

ba

= na-ša-a-rum (OB Nippur Aa 146:5).

ba₃

= Suen (Ea 02 166, 167; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 o ii 78a).

ba₇

(HS 1777 o ii 11).

(OB Nippur Ea 116; Ea 01 285, 286; BM 023645 r ii 13).

= mešlu (CT 11, pl. 40-41, K 04146 o ii 36', o ii 37').

Lexical Associations

Suen[1]DN (// ba[half])

ba₃ = KIMIN<(d30)> (Ea 02 166; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 o ii 78).

bāmtu[half]N (// ba[half])

ba₇ = ⸢ba⸣-an-tum (Ea 01 285; BM 023645 r ii 13).

mašālu[equal]V (// ba[half])

ba = [ma]-⸢ša⸣-lu (MSL 09, 124-137 r iii 8').

mišlu[half]N (// ba[half])

ba₃ = mi-iš-lu (Ea 02 167; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 o ii 78a).

ba₇ = mi-iš-lum (Ea 01 286).

mišlu[half]NU (// ba[half])

ba₇ = meš-[lu] (CT 11, pl. 40-41, K 04146 o ii 36').

mišlānu[half]N (// ba[half])

ba₇ = meš-la-[nu] (CT 11, pl. 40-41, K 04146 o ii 37').

ubānu[finger]N (// ba[half])

ba₃? = u₂-ba-nu (MSL 09, 124-137 o vi 35').

zūzu[half unit]N (// ba[half] giŋ[unit])

[MIN.<(ki-in]-)>⸢ba⸣-raba₇ giŋ₄ = zu-uz 1/2 ⸢GIN₂⸣ (Emar 6/2, p. 501, Msk 74203e r iii 38').

References for all phrases

ba[half]

ba = na-ša-a-rum (OB Nippur Aa 146:5).

ba₃? = [x]-⸢tum⸣ (MSL 09, 124-137 o vi 36').

ba₇ (MSL 14, 022 Ev r? 2; HS 1777 o ii 11; OB Nippur Ea 116; PBS 12, 55 o ii' 12'; PBS 05, 114 o i' 8'; MSL 14, 018 Bb o iii 31).

[ba₇] = ⸢bu⸣-um (MSL 13, 35 D r i 28).

ba₃ = KIMIN<(d30)> (Ea 02 166; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 o ii 78).

ba₇ = ⸢ba⸣-an-tum (Ea 01 285; BM 023645 r ii 13).

ba = [ma]-⸢ša⸣-lu (MSL 09, 124-137 r iii 8').

ba₃ = mi-iš-lu (Ea 02 167; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 o ii 78a).

ba₇ = mi-iš-lum (Ea 01 286).

ba₇ = meš-[lu] (CT 11, pl. 40-41, K 04146 o ii 36').

ba₇ = meš-la-[nu] (CT 11, pl. 40-41, K 04146 o ii 37').

ba₃? = u₂-ba-nu (MSL 09, 124-137 o vi 35').

ba[half] giŋ[unit]

[MIN.<(ki-in]-)>⸢ba⸣-raba₇ giŋ₄ = zu-uz 1/2 ⸢GIN₂⸣ (Emar 6/2, p. 501, Msk 74203e r iii 38').

ninda[vessel] aŋ[measure] ba[half]

dugninda₂ aŋ₂ ba₇ (NMI BK 00556 o 5).

ninda[vessel] ba[half]

dugninda₂ ba₇ (NMI BK 00556 o 4).

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