gida [SPEAR] N (181x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Hellenistic wr. ^ŋešgid₂-da; ^ŋešgid₂; gid₂-da; ^ŋešgid₂-da^zabar; gid₂; gid₂-da^zabar; niŋ₂-gid₂-da; ^ŋešgid; ^ŋeš^urudgid₂-da; ^urudgid₂-da "lance, spear; a type of military service"

[1]	𒄑𒁍𒁕	^ŋešgid₂-da
[2]	𒄑𒁍	^ŋeš gid₂
[3]	𒁍𒁕	gid₂-da
[4]	𒄑𒁍𒁕𒌓𒅗𒁇	^ŋešgid₂-da^zabar
[5]	𒁍	gid₂
[6]	𒁍𒁕𒌓𒅗𒁇	gid₂-da^zabar
[7]	𒃻𒁍𒁕	niŋ₂-gid₂-da
[8]	𒄑𒆤	^ŋeš gid
[9]	𒄑𒍏𒁍𒁕	^ŋeš^urudgid₂-da
[10]	𒍏𒁍𒁕	^urudgid₂-da
+	--da=d.a (1x/1%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]			44		33		48	34	2
[2]		1	2		1		1	1
[3]			2					2
[4]							3
[5]					2
[6]								1	1
[7]									1
[8]									1
[9]			1
[10]

26 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (1x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (49x/27%)

Old Akkadian (36x/20%)

Ur III (52x/29%)

Old Babylonian (38x/21%)

Middle Babylonian (2x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (2x/1%)

Hellenistic (1x/1%)

Senses:

1. lance, spear (181x/100%)

2. a type of military service

Akk. ariktu; mašaddu.

Bibliography

[2010] I. Schrakamp, Krieger und Waffen 123-136.

[2010] R. Englund, Studies Owen 107-108

[2008] M. Molina, Studies Sigrist 132

[1999] E. Flückiger-Hawker, Urnamma 172-173.

[1998] J. Bauer, Vorsargonische Abschnitt 528.

Lexical Associations

ariktu[(a kind of spear)]N (// gida[spear])

[niŋ₂]-gid₂-da = [a]-ri-ik-tu (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a r i 11').

[^ŋeš]gid₂-⸢da⸣ = ⸢a⸣-rik-tum (K 02056 r ii 19).

References for all phrases

gida[spear]

gid₂-da^zabar (Education in the Earliest Schools no. 117 o i 5).

[^ŋeš]gid₂-da (Education in the Earliest Schools no. 019 r vi 56; OB Nippur Ura 1 551).

[niŋ₂]-gid₂-da = [a]-ri-ik-tu (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a r i 11').

[^ŋeš]gid₂-⸢da⸣ = ⸢a⸣-rik-tum (K 02056 r ii 19).

gu[neck] gida[spear]

⸢gu₂⸣ gid₂-da^!^zabar (Emar 6/2, p. 571-574, Msk 74247 r iii 2).

niŋ[thing] gida[spear]

niŋ₂ gid₂-da (Nippur Nigga 107).

Word ID: o0028117; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0028117; version 2.7.2 (built 2024-08-31)