galla [POLICEMAN] N (220x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Ebla, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, Uncertain wr. gal₅-la₂; gallaₓ(TE); gallaₓ(ḪI×NUN.ME); gal₅-la; gal₅-la₂-gal₅-la₂; galₓ(TE^g)-la; ^lu₂gallaₓ(TE) "policeman; a demon"

[1]	𒋼𒇲	gal₅-la₂
[2]	𒋼	gallaₓ(TE)
[3]	𒄴𒈨𒄴𒈨	gallaₓ(ḪI×NUN.ME)
[4]	𒋼𒆷	gal₅-la
[5]	𒋼𒇲𒋼𒇲	gal₅-la₂-gal₅-la₂
[6]	𒋽𒋽𒆷	galₓ(TE^g)-la
[7]	𒇽𒋼	^lu₂gallaₓ(TE)

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		16	4			2	5	161	16	1
[2]		3						1
[3]								3
[4]				1			1	1
[5]								3
[6]			1
[7]									1

26 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (19x/9%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (5x/2%)

Ebla (1x/0%)

Lagash II (2x/1%)

Ur III (6x/3%)

Old Babylonian (169x/77%)

Neo-Assyrian (7x/3%)

Neo-Babylonian (8x/4%)

Hellenistic (2x/1%)

Uncertain (1x/0%)

Senses:

1. policeman (191x/87%)

2. a demon (29x/13%)

Akk. gallû.

Bibliography

[1995] G. Visicato, Bureaucracy of Šuruppak 130-131.

[1993] M. Civil, St Hallo 74.

gal₅-la₂

= gallû (BIN 02, 037 i' 12').

Lexical Associations

gallû[(a demon)]N (// galla[policeman])

gal₅-la₂ = gal-lu-u₂ (BIN 02, 037 i' 12').

gal₅-la₂ = ga-al-lu-u₂-[um] (OECT 04, 153 c 11).

References for all phrases

galla[policeman]

gal₅::la (MEE 03, 043 o iii 3b).

gal₅-la₂ (ED Officials 2; ED Lu E 15; ED Personal Names and Professions 46; OB Nippur Lu 538; IB 1514 o x 7').

gal₅-la₂ = gal-lu-u₂ (BIN 02, 037 i' 12').

gal₅-la₂ = ga-al-lu-u₂-[um] (OECT 04, 153 c 11).

galla[policeman] gal[big]

⸢gal₅⸣-la₂ gu-la (IB 1514 o x 9').

galla[policeman] kur[mountain]

^lu₂gal₅^? ⸢kur⸣-[ra] = [...] (MSL SS 1, 070 r i' 5').

galla[policeman] tur[small]

⸢gal₅⸣-la₂ tur (IB 1514 o x 8').

nubanda[overseer] galla[policeman]

nu-banda₃ gal₅-la₂ (ED Personal Names and Professions 186).

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