halba [FROST] N (42x) Ur III, Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, unknown wr. ḫal-bi; ḫalba; ḫalbi₄; ḫalba₂; ḫalba₅; ḫalba₃; ḫalba₆ "frost, ice, cold weather; (to be) cold"

[1]	𒄬𒁉	ḫal-bi
[2]	𒈻	ḫalba
[3]	𒇳𒄬	ḫalbi₄
[4]	𒍝𒈹𒁲	ḫalba₂
[5]	𒇳𒍇	ḫalba₅
[6]	𒍝𒈽	ḫalba₃
[7]	𒀀𒈹𒁲	ḫalba₆

	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]	28	1	1
[2]			3
[3]			2	1
[4]		2
[5]		2
[6]		1
[7]		1

10 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Ur III (28x/67%)

Old Babylonian (7x/17%)

Neo-Assyrian (6x/14%)

unknown (1x/2%)

Senses:

1. frost, ice, cold weather (42x/100%)

2. (to be) cold [V/i]

Akk. halpû; kuṣṣû; mammû; takṣâtu; šurīpu.

Bibliography

[2012] P. Paoletti, BPOA 10 170.

halba

= halpû (Ea 08 66).

= x (CT 11, pl. 28, K 08276 o i 5').

halba₅

(CULC 454 o 7).

= hal-pi-u₂-um (OB Nippur Aa 80:1).

halbi₄

= halpû (Ea 01 258).

Lexical Associations

halpû[frost]N (// halba[frost])

ḫalba = [ḫal-pu-u] (Ea 08 66).

ḫalba₃ = ḫa-⸢al⸣-[pu-u₂-um^?] (OECT 04, 152 b ii 53).

ḫalbi₄ = ḫal-pu-u (CT 35, pl. 01-08, BM 108862 r i 52; YOS 01, 53 r i 59; Ea 01 258).

šuruppû[frost]N (// halba[frost])

ḫalba = šur-pu-u (CT 19, pl. 10, K 04197 + CT 19, pl. 07, K 08670 + K 04550 o i 2).

šurīpu[ice]N (// halba[frost])

ḫalba₂ = šu-ri-pu-um (OB Nippur Diri 345).

ḫalba₆ = šu-ri-pu-⸢um⸣ (MSL 15, 008 A r v 7').

References for all phrases

halba[frost]

ḫalba = [...] (CT 11, pl. 28, K 08276 o i 5').

ḫalba₅ (CULC 454 o 7).

ḫalba₅ = ḫal-pi-u₂-um (OB Nippur Aa 80:1).