gab [LEFT] N (141x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. gab₂-bu; gabu₂; ga-bu; gab₂-ba; gab₂-bu₃; gab₃; gub; gub₂ "left (hand)"

[1]	𒆏𒁍	gab₂-bu
[2]	𒆏	gabu₂
[3]	𒂵𒁍	ga-bu
[4]	𒆏𒁀	gab₂-ba
[5]	𒆏𒅤	gab₂-bu₃
[6]	𒅘	gab₃
[7]	𒁺	gub
[8]	𒇷	gub₂
+	--ba=b.a (2x/1%); --bu=b.u (1x/1%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]					1		8	64	14	1
[2]		3	1		2	2	7	19	4
[3]							3	2		1
[4]								4	1
[5]							1
[6]							1
[7]								1
[8]								1

49 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (3x/2%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (1x/1%)

Old Akkadian (3x/2%)

Lagash II (2x/1%)

Ur III (20x/14%)

Old Babylonian (91x/65%)

Middle Babylonian (3x/2%)

Neo-Assyrian (8x/6%)

Neo-Babylonian (1x/1%)

Persian (1x/1%)

Hellenistic (6x/4%)

unknown (2x/1%)

Senses:

1. left (hand) (141x/100%)

Akk. šumēlu.

gab₂

(OB Nippur Ea 464).

Lexical Associations

šumēlu[left]N (// a[arm] gab[left])

⸢a₂⸣ gub₃-bu = šu-mi-lu GUB₃^la-aš (KBo 01, 42 o i 23').

šumelû[left-handed person]N (// lu[person] a[arm] gab[left])

[lu₂] ⸢a₂^? gub₃-bu⸣ = šu-⸢me-lu⸣-u₂ (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.7, 16).

ritpuhu[two-handed one]N (// lu[person] a[arm] gab[left] zid[right] sig[put])

lu₂ a₂ gub₃ zid-da si₃-ke = ri-⸢it-pu⸣-ḫu (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.7, 17).

References for all phrases

gab[left]

gab₂ (OB Nippur Ea 464; MSL 14, 026 Id o i 3'; HS 1756 o 10; MSL 14, 026 Ic o i 2).

gab₂ = šu-me-lu-um (MSL 14, 122-127 09 805).

kab (MSL 14, 026 Ib r i' 2'; MSL 14, 018 Bb r iv 43).

a[arm] gab[left]

a₂ gab₂-bu (OB Nippur Izi Tab.II, 13).

a₂ gab₂-bu-ŋu₁₀ (CUNES 52-03-025 o 3, r 3).

⸢a₂⸣ gub₃-bu = šu-mi-lu GUB₃^la-aš (KBo 01, 42 o i 23').

dubsar[scribe] gab[left]

dub-sar gab₂-bu (CUNES 52-10-146 c i 25).

illar[weapon] a[arm] gab[left]

^ŋešillar a₂ gab₂-ba (Education in the Earliest Schools no. 019 r v 46).

inim[word] gab[left]

inim-ma gab₂-bu (CUNES 52-10-146 c ii 17').

limum[thousand] dumu[child] MAR.TU[westerner] a[arm] gab[left]

li-mu-um; dumu mar-tu; a₂ gab₂-bu (CUNES 52-10-146 b ii 3').

limum[thousand] nita[male] a[arm] gab[left]

li-mu-um nita; a₂ gab₂-bu (CUNES 52-10-146 b ii 5').

lu[person] a[arm] gab[left]

lu₂ a₂ gub₃-bu = šu-me-lu-u₂ (MSL 12, 157 A 387).

[lu₂] ⸢a₂^? gub₃-bu⸣ = šu-⸢me-lu⸣-u₂ (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.7, 16).

lu[person] a[arm] gab[left] zid[right] sig[put]

lu₂ a₂ gub₃ zid-da si₃-ke = ri-⸢it-pu⸣-ḫu (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.7, 17).

rabizigatum[official] qa₂-nu-um a[arm] gab[left]

ra-bi-si₂-ka₃-tum qa₂-nu-um^? a₂ gub₃-bu (OB Nippur Lu 20).

ugula[overseer] lu[person] ya[five] a[arm] gab[left]

ugula lu₂ ia₂; a₂ gab₂-bu (CUNES 52-10-146 b ii 8').

šuba[stone] a[arm] gab[left]

^na₄šuba a₂ gab₂ (MSL 10, 062 a ii 7).

[^na₄šuba a₂] gab₂-ba (MSL SS 1, 100 o i 4').

^na₄šuba a₂ gab₂-bu (OB Nippur Ura 4 70).

^na₄šuba₂ a₂ gab₂-ba (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 a ii 12).

MIN<([šuba])> a₂ [gab₂-ba] = [...] (Emar 6/2, p. 501, Msk 74203e o iii 3').

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