dab [GO AROUND] V/t (28x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian wr. dab₆; dab₄; da; ^da-^abdab₄; ^du-^ubdab₄ "to go around, encircle, turn; to surround; to search; to tarry"

[1]	𒍏	dab₆
[2]	𒁾	dab₄
[3]	𒁕	da
[4]	𒁕𒀊𒁾	^da-^abdab₄
[5]	𒁺𒌒𒁾	^du-^ubdab₄
+	--ba=b.a (2x/7%).

	ED IIIb	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB
[1]	4	5	5	5
[2]				1	5
[3]				1
[4]					1
[5]					1

16 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (4x/14%)

Lagash II (5x/18%)

Ur III (5x/18%)

Old Babylonian (7x/25%)

Neo-Assyrian (7x/25%)

Verbal prefixes: V ; V.n.da ; Vmma ; Vmma.i ; al ; ba.b ; ha.Vmma.i ; ha.mu ; nu .

Senses:

1. to go around, encircle, turn (22x/79%)

2. to surround (6x/21%)

3. to search [V/i]

4. to tarry [V/i]

Akk. lawû; sahāru.

Bibliography

[2008] T.J.H. Krispijn Studies Stol 186

dab₆

(OB Nippur Ea 191).

dub

= la-mu-u₂-um (OB Nippur Aa 188:1; Ea 03 201).

= lamû (K 04263+ o ii 4').

Lexical Associations

lawû[surround]V (// dab[go around])

dub = la-mu-[u] (K 04263+ o ii 4'; Ea 03 201; CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 o i 39).

⸢^da⸣-^abdab₄ = la-wu-u₂ (CT 19, pl. 26, K 12026+ i' 19').

nītu[encirclement]N x (// x dab[go around])

[...] dub^!(UM) = MIN<(ni-tum)> [...] (CT 19, pl. 26, K 12026+ i' 26').

mašādu[beat]V ša[of]DET pērtu[hair]N (// suh[crown] dab[go around])

[suḫ] dub = MIN<(ma-ša₂-du)> ša₂ pir-⸢tim⸣ (K 04341 r i 5').

References for all phrases

dab[go around]

dab₆ (OB Nippur Ea 191; MSL 14, 024 Ga r ii' 5).

dub = ⸢la-mu-u₂-um⸣ (OB Nippur Aa 188:1).

⸢^du-^ub⸣[dub] = [...] (CT 18, pl. 32, 34-35, K 02008 r i 1').