ŋidlam [SPOUSE] N (145x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. ŋidlam; nitalam₄; ŋidlam₂; ŋidlam₃; ⁿⁱ-^id-^la-^amŋidlam; ŋidlam(SAL.UŠ.DI.DAM) "(equal ranking) spouse"

[1]	𒊩𒍑𒁮	ŋidlam
[2]	𒊩𒍑	nitalam₄
[3]	𒍑𒁮	ŋidlam₂
[4]	𒍑𒊩𒁮	ŋidlam₃
[5]	𒉌𒀉𒆷𒄠𒊩𒍑𒁮	ⁿⁱ-^id-^la-^amŋidlam
[6]	𒊩𒍑𒁲𒁮𒊩𒍑𒁲𒁮	ŋidlam(SAL.UŠ.DI.DAM)
+	--ma=m.a (2x/1%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		2						83	8
[2]		1					4	18	1	1
[3]					1		1	14	3
[4]								4	2
[5]									1
[6]								1

53 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (3x/2%)

Old Akkadian (1x/1%)

Ur III (5x/3%)

Old Babylonian (120x/83%)

Middle Babylonian (2x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (8x/6%)

Neo-Babylonian (1x/1%)

Hellenistic (4x/3%)

unknown (1x/1%)

Senses:

1. (equal ranking) spouse (145x/100%)

Akk. hāʾiru; hīrtu.

Bibliography

[1992] P. Steinkeller and J.N. Postgate, LAT 37.

nitalam₄

= hīrtu (CT 18, pl. 21, DT 105 o i' 7').

ŋitlam₂

= x (CT 11, pl. 39, K 08302 i' 15'; CT 18, pl. 21, DT 105 o i' 5').

ŋitlam₃

= x (CT 11, pl. 39, K 08302 i' 16'; CT 18, pl. 21, DT 105 o i' 6').

Lexical Associations

hāwiru[husband]N (// ŋidlam[spouse])

ŋitlam₂ = [ḫa]-⸢ʾ⸣-i-ru (CT 18, pl. 21, DT 105 o i' 5').

ŋitlam₃ = [MIN<(ḫa-ʾ-i-ru])> (CT 18, pl. 21, DT 105 o i' 6').

hīrtu[(equal ranking) wife]N (// ŋidlam[spouse])

nitalam₄ = ⸢ḫi⸣-ir-tu₂ (CT 18, pl. 21, DT 105 o i' 7').

References for all phrases

ŋidlam[spouse]

ŋidlam (OB Nippur Lu 757).

ŋidlam₃ (OB Nippur Lu 758).

ŋitlam₂ = [...] (CT 11, pl. 39, K 08302 i' 15').

ŋitlam₃ = [...] (CT 11, pl. 39, K 08302 i' 16').

ŋitlam₂ = [ḫa]-⸢ʾ⸣-i-ru (CT 18, pl. 21, DT 105 o i' 5').

ŋitlam₃ = [MIN<(ḫa-ʾ-i-ru])> (CT 18, pl. 21, DT 105 o i' 6').

nitalam₄ = ⸢ḫi⸣-ir-tu₂ (CT 18, pl. 21, DT 105 o i' 7').

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