dirig [FLOAT] V/i (269x) Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic wr. diri-ga; dirig; te-li; dirig-dirig; diri-ge "to drift (clouds); to float, glide (along/down); to go; to soak, steep, dissolve in liquid"

[1]	𒋛𒀀𒂵	diri-ga
[2]	𒋛𒀀	dirig
[3]	𒋼𒇷	te-li
[4]	𒋛𒀀𒋛𒀀	dirig-dirig
[5]	𒋛𒀀𒄀	diri-ge
+	--ga=g.a (17x/6%); --ge=g.e (1x/0%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]							171	5	8
[2]						1	13	50	12
[3]								6
[4]						1		1
[5]									1

23 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Lagash II (2x/1%)

Ur III (184x/68%)

Old Babylonian (62x/23%)

Middle Babylonian (5x/2%)

Neo-Assyrian (8x/3%)

Neo-Babylonian (1x/0%)

Hellenistic (7x/3%)

Verbal prefixes: V ; V.b ; V.m ; Vmma ; Vmma.na.i.b ; ba ; ba.b ; ba.n ; mu.n.da.b .

Senses:

1. to drift (clouds) (2x/1%)

2. to float, glide (along/down) (267x/99%)

3. to go

4. to soak, steep, dissolve in liquid [V/t]

Akk. alāku; mahāhu; mahāru; neqelpû.

Bibliography

[1984] J. Postgate, BSA 1 106.

Lexical Associations

alāku[go]V (// dirig[float])

dirig = a-la-kum (OB Nippur Diri 18a; OECT 04, 152 a i 19).

mahāhu[soak]V (// dirig[float])

dirig = ma-ḫa-ḫu-um (OB Nippur Diri 25; OECT 04, 152 a i 7; MSL 15, 008 A o i 8').

mahāru[face]V (// dirig[float])

dirig = ma-ḫa-ru-um (OB Nippur Diri 26).

neqelpû[float]V (// dirig[float])

dirig = ne₂-qil-pu-u₂ (K 00064 r i 9).

dirig = ne₂-qe₂-[el-pu-um] (OECT 04, 152 a i 4; MSL 15, 008 C o i 3).

dirig = ni-qe₃-el-pu-um (OB Nippur Diri 3).

šapāpu[move along]V (// dirig[float])

dirig = ša-ba-bu-um (OB Nippur Diri 20; MSL 15, 008 A o i 3').

dirig = ⸢ša⸣-pa-pu-um (OECT 04, 152 a i 22).

neqelpû[float]V (// dirig[float] |SI.A|)

dirig <SI.A> = ni-qe₃-el-pu-⸢um⸣ (MSL 15, 008 E o i 3).

muqqelpītu[going downstream]AJ (// ma[ship] dirig[float])

^ŋešMIN<(ma₂)> dirig-ga = maš-ku-la-pi₂-šu (Syria 12, 228, 05 r 6).

nēberu[crossing]N (// ma[ship] dirig[float])

^ŋešma₂ dirig-[ga] = [ne-bi-ru] (CT 19, pl. 44, K 04138+ r ii 24'; K 04331 o ii' 5').

^ŋešMIN<(ma₂)> dirig-ga = ni-bir^!-⸢ru⸣ (Syria 12, 228, 05 r 4).

^ŋešMIN<(ma₂)> dirig-ga = ni-bi-⸢ru⸣ (Syria 12, 228, 05 r 3).

muqqelpītu[(vessel) going downstream]N (// ma[ship] dirig[float] til[complete])

^ŋešma₂ dirig-ga ba-til = muq-qal-pi-tum (K 04331 o ii' 6').

References for all phrases

dirig[float]

dirig = [...] (RA 17, 164, K 09887 r i' 10).

dirig = a-la-kum (OB Nippur Diri 18a; OECT 04, 152 a i 19).

dirig = ma-ḫa-ḫu-um (OB Nippur Diri 25; OECT 04, 152 a i 7; MSL 15, 008 A o i 8').

dirig = ma-ḫa-ru-um (OB Nippur Diri 26).

dirig = ne₂-qil-pu-u₂ (K 00064 r i 9).

dirig = ne₂-qe₂-[el-pu-um] (OECT 04, 152 a i 4; MSL 15, 008 C o i 3).

dirig = ni-qe₃-el-pu-um (OB Nippur Diri 3).

dirig = ša-ba-bu-um (OB Nippur Diri 20; MSL 15, 008 A o i 3').

dirig = ⸢ša⸣-pa-pu-um (OECT 04, 152 a i 22).

dirig[float] |SI.A|

dirig <SI.A> = ni-qe₃-el-pu-⸢um⸣ (MSL 15, 008 E o i 3).

a[water] dirig[float]

a dirig (OB Nippur Kagal 427).

gi[reed] a[water] dirig[float]

gi a dirig-⸢ga⸣ = [...] (HS 1928 + HS 1929 r i 19).

lu[person] ma[ship] dirig[float]

lu₂ ma₂ dirig-ga (MSL SS 1, p. 07 A o ii' 2).

lu₂ ma₂ dirig-ga = ša mu-qi₃-el-pi-tim (MSL 12, 157 A 303).

ma[ship] dirig[float]

^ŋešMIN<(ma₂)> dirig-ga = maš-ku-la-pi₂-šu (Syria 12, 228, 05 r 6).

^ŋešma₂ dirig-[ga] = [ne-bi-ru] (CT 19, pl. 44, K 04138+ r ii 24'; K 04331 o ii' 5').

^ŋešMIN<(ma₂)> dirig-ga = ni-bir^!-⸢ru⸣ (Syria 12, 228, 05 r 4).

^ŋešMIN<(ma₂)> dirig-ga = ni-bi-⸢ru⸣ (Syria 12, 228, 05 r 3).

ma[ship] dirig[float] addir[ford]

^ŋešMIN<(ma₂)> dirig-ga addir(A.PA.BI.GIŠ.PAD) = MIN (Syria 12, 228, 05 r 5).

ma[ship] dirig[float] til[complete]

^ŋešma₂ dirig-ga [ba-til] = [...] (CT 19, pl. 44, K 04138+ r ii 25').

^ŋešma₂ dirig-ga ba-til = muq-qal-pi-tum (K 04331 o ii' 6').

muš[snake] dirig[float]

muš dirig-ga (MSL 11, A 07895 x 24).

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