durtaba [AX] N (41x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Hellenistic wr. dur₁₀-tab-ba; ^uruddur₁₀-tab-ba; ^uruddur₁₀-tab^zabar; ^uruddur₁₀-tab-ba^zabar; dur₁₀-tab-ba^zabar; ^gidur₁₀-tab-ba "an ax"

[1]	𒊿𒋰𒁀	dur₁₀-tab-ba
[2]	𒍏𒊿𒋰𒁀	^uruddur₁₀-tab-ba
[3]	𒍏𒊿𒋰𒌓𒅗𒁇	^uruddur₁₀-tab^zabar
[4]	𒍏𒊿𒋰𒁀𒌓𒅗𒁇	^uruddur₁₀-tab-ba^zabar
[5]	𒊿𒋰𒁀𒌓𒅗𒁇	dur₁₀-tab-ba^zabar
[6]	𒄀𒊿𒋰𒁀	^gidur₁₀-tab-ba

	ED IIIb	Ur III	OB	Post-OB
[1]	4	7	7	1
[2]			5	7
[3]				6
[4]				2
[5]			1
[6]			1

8 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (4x/10%)

Ur III (7x/17%)

Old Babylonian (14x/34%)

Middle Babylonian (3x/7%)

Neo-Assyrian (12x/29%)

Hellenistic (1x/2%)

Senses:

1. an ax (41x/100%)

Bibliography

[1998] J. Bauer, Vorsargonische Abschnitt 529.

[1987] M. Civil, AuOr 5 22-23.

Lexical Associations

paštu[axe, adze]N (// durtaba[ax])

^uruddur₁₀-tab-ba = pa-aš₂-tum (Ura 11 section 3, 161; LTBA 1, 33 r iii 18').

pāštu[axe]N (// durtaba[ax])

^uruddur₁₀-tab-ba = pa-al-tu₂ (K 08676 r i 32').

[^uruddur₁₀-tab]-ba = pa-aš-tum (BM 085983 o iv 39).

huppalû[(a weapon)]N (// durtaba[ax] huš[reddish])

[^urud]⸢dur₁₀-MIN⸣<(tab-ba)>⸢^zabar ḫuš^?-a⸣ = ḫu-⸢ut-pa-lu-u₂⸣ (LTBA 1, 33 r iii 19').

^uruddur₁₀-tab^zabar ḫuš-a = ḫu-ut-pa-lu-u₂ (Ura 11 section 3, 162; K 08676 r i 33').

patarru[(battle) mace?]N (// durtaba[ax] huš[reddish])

[^urud]⸢dur₁₀-MIN⸣<(tab-ba^zabar)> ⸢MIN⸣<(ḫuš^?-a)> = ⸢pa-tar-ru-u₂⸣ (LTBA 1, 33 r iii 20').

^uruddur₁₀-tab^zabar ḫuš-a = pat-ta-ru (Ura 11 section 3, 163; K 08676 r i 34').

References for all phrases

durtaba[ax]

dur₁₀-tab-ba^zabar (Education in the Earliest Schools no. 117 o i 1).

^gidur₁₀-tab-ba (OB Nippur Ura 2 134).

^uruddur₁₀-tab-ba (Emar 6/1, p. 330, Msk 74128o o ii' 5').

^uruddur₁₀-tab-ba = pa-aš₂-tum (Ura 11 section 3, 161; LTBA 1, 33 r iii 18').

^uruddur₁₀-tab-ba = pa-al-tu₂ (K 08676 r i 32').

[^uruddur₁₀-tab]-ba = pa-aš-tum (BM 085983 o iv 39).

durtaba[ax] haš-a

^uruddur₁₀-tab-ba ḫaš-a^! (Emar 6/1, p. 330, Msk 74128o o ii' 6', o ii' 7').

durtaba[ax] huš[reddish]