damgar [MERCHANT] N (1842x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. dam-gar₃; dam-ga-ra; dam-gar₃^ra; dam-gar₈; dam₃-gar₃; dam-gar₁₄ "merchant, trader"

[1]	𒁮𒃼	dam-gar₃
[2]	𒁮𒂵𒊏	dam-ga-ra
[3]	𒁮𒃼𒊏	dam-gar₃^ra
[4]	𒁮𒋞	dam-gar₈
[5]	𒌈𒃼	dam₃-gar₃
[6]	𒁮𒋼𒀀	dam-gar₁₄
+	--ra=r.a (62x/3%); --re=r.e (2x/0%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		112	175		166	17	1247	102	6	10
[2]								3
[3]								1	1
[4]					1
[5]					1
[6]

45 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (112x/6%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (175x/10%)

Old Akkadian (168x/9%)

Lagash II (17x/1%)

Ur III (1247x/68%)

Old Babylonian (106x/6%)

Middle Babylonian (2x/0%)

Neo-Assyrian (3x/0%)

Hellenistic (2x/0%)

unknown (10x/1%)

Senses:

1. merchant, trader (1842x/100%)

Akk. tamkāru.

Bibliography

[2003-2004] W. Sallaberger, JEOL 38 54; 57.

[1999] G. Rubio, JCS 51 6.

[1999] W. Sallaberger, Ur III-Zeit 316-323.

[1998] J. Bauer, Vorsargonische Abschnitt 437.

[1998] M. Krebernik, Die Texte aus Fara 265.

[1995] G. Visicato, Bureaucracy of Šuruppak 101-105.

[1994] F. Pomponio and G. Visicato, ED Šuruppak 121 n39.

[1989] P. Steinkeller, SDU 175.

[1987] P. Steinkeller, AOS 68 96.

Lexical Associations

tamkāru[merchant]N (// damgar[merchant])

dam-gar₃ = MIN<(dam-ka-rum)> (CT 12, 34-35, K 00197+ o ii 35).

[dam]-⸢gar₃^?⸣ = ⸢ta⸣-[am-ka-ru] (MSL SS 1, p. 060 catalogue 1924-1855 o i' 1'; MB Ura 02 Seg.2, 27; Iraq 06, 33 o 3).

waklu[overseer]N tamkāru[merchant]N (// x damgar[merchant])

[... dam]-⸢gar₃⸣ = a-kil dam-⸢ka⸣-[ri] (K 04342 o i 4').

waklu[overseer]N tamkāru[merchant]N (// ugula[overseer] damgar[merchant])

ugula dam-gar₃ = a-kil₂ tam₂-ka₃-ri (MB Ura 02 Seg.2, 28).

[ugula dam]-⸢gar₃⸣ = a-kil [MIN<(ta-am-ka-ru])> (MSL SS 1, p. 060 catalogue 1924-1855 o i' 2'; Iraq 06, 33 o 4).

References for all phrases

damgar[merchant]

dam-gar₃ (ED Lu E 87; OB Nippur Lu 695; OrNS 70, 210-211 o iii 8').

dam-gar₃ = MIN<(dam-ka-rum)> (CT 12, 34-35, K 00197+ o ii 35).

[dam]-⸢gar₃^?⸣ = ⸢ta⸣-[am-ka-ru] (MSL SS 1, p. 060 catalogue 1924-1855 o i' 1'; MB Ura 02 Seg.2, 27; Iraq 06, 33 o 3).

x damgar[merchant]

[... dam]-⸢gar₃⸣ = a-kil dam-⸢ka⸣-[ri] (K 04342 o i 4').

ugula[overseer] damgar[merchant]

ugula dam-gar₃ (OB Nippur Lu 149).

[ugula dam]-⸢gar₃⸣ = [...] (MSL SS 1, p. 060 catalogue 1924-1907 o 1').

ugula dam-gar₃ = a-kil₂ tam₂-ka₃-ri (MB Ura 02 Seg.2, 28).

[ugula dam]-⸢gar₃⸣ = a-kil [MIN<(ta-am-ka-ru])> (MSL SS 1, p. 060 catalogue 1924-1855 o i' 2'; Iraq 06, 33 o 4).

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