dara [BELT] N (17x) Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian, unknown wr. dara₂; ^da-^rumdara₂; ^tug₂dara₄; ^tug₂dara₂; ^tug₂  ^da-^radara₂ "belt, sash, girdle; loincloth; string"

[1]	𒅁	dara₂
[2]	𒁕𒀸𒅁	^da-^rumdara₂
[3]	𒌆𒁱	^tug₂ dara₄
[4]	𒌆𒅁	^tug₂ dara₂
[5]	𒌆𒁕𒊏𒅁	^tug₂  ^da-^radara₂

	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]	3	6	2
[2]		2
[3]	2
[4]		1
[5]		1

5 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Old Babylonian (5x/29%)

Middle Assyrian (1x/6%)

Neo-Assyrian (9x/53%)

unknown (2x/12%)

Senses:

1. belt, sash, girdle (15x/88%)

2. loincloth (2x/12%)

3. string

Akk. izhu; nēbettu.

Bibliography

[1995] K. Volk, Inanna-Shukaletuda 185-186 wn870-872.

[1987] M. Civil, OrNS 56 243-244.

dara₂

(OB Nippur Ea 593; YOS 01, 53 r ii 47a; Ea 01 335, 336).

= nēbettum (K 04263+ o iii 39').

Lexical Associations

izhu[belt]N (// dara[belt])

dara₂ = iz-ḫu (CT 35, pl. 01-08, BM 108862 r ii 39; YOS 01, 53 r ii 47; Ea 01 335).

^da-^rumdara₂ = iz-ḫu (CT 19, pl. 17-19, K 04386+ o i 37'; CT 19, pl. 48-49, K 00026 o ii 15').

nēbettu[sash]N (// dara[belt])

dara₂ = ni-⸢bit-tu⸣ (CT 35, pl. 01-08, BM 108862 r ii 39a; YOS 01, 53 r ii 47a; Ea 01 336).

dara₂ = ⸢ne₂⸣-bit-tum (K 04263+ o iii 39').

^tug₂dara₂ = ni-⸢bit^?⸣-[tu₂] (Rm 0606+ r i 4').

^tug₂  ^da-^radara₂ = ni-bit-tu₂ (CT 12, 34-35, K 00197+ o ii 42).

References for all phrases

dara[belt]

dara₂ (OB Nippur Ea 593; Anonymous 447997 r ii 4).

dara₂ = [...] (MAOG 11/1-2 99-109, pl. 1 r iii 11').