irigal [UNDERWORLD] N (69x) Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic wr. irigal; iri₁₁-gal; iri-gal; iri₁₂-gal; urugal₂; urugalₓ(AB×(U.U.U)); i-ri-gal; ^u₂-^ru-^galirigal "earth, land; underworld; grave, tomb"

[1]	𒀍	irigal
[2]	𒀕𒃲	iri₁₁-gal
[3]	𒌷𒃲	iri-gal
[4]	𒀊𒃲	iri₁₂-gal
[5]	𒀕	urugal₂
[6]	𒀔𒀔	urugalₓ(AB×(U.U.U))
[7]	𒄿𒊑𒃲	i-ri-gal
[8]	𒌑𒊒𒃲𒀍	^u₂-^ru-^galirigal
+	--la=l+a (0x/0%); --la=l.a (24x/35%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]								21	16
[2]								16
[3]								8
[4]								2
[5]								2
[6]									2
[7]									1
[8]									1

23 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Old Babylonian (49x/71%)

Neo-Assyrian (15x/22%)

Neo-Babylonian (4x/6%)

Hellenistic (1x/1%)

Senses:

1. earth, land

2. underworld (61x/88%)

3. grave, tomb (8x/12%)

Akk. erṣetu; qabru.

irigal

= qabru (K 04263+ o iii 11').

urugal

(OB Nippur Ea 289; Ea 06 Seg.3, 13'; Ea 04 162).

urugalₓ(|AB×(U.U.U)|)

= qabru (Ea 04 161).

Lexical Associations

petû[open]V qabru[grave]N (// SI-GI irigal[underworld])

SI-GI irigal = pa-te-e qab-ri (CT 18, pl. 36-37, K 04323+ o i 1).

arallû[netherworld]N (// irigal[underworld])

^u₂-^ru-^galirigal = MIN<(a-ra-al-lu-u)> (K 02039 o i 11').

erṣetu[earth]N (// irigal[underworld])

urugal = er-ṣe-tum (Ea 04 162).

qabru[grave]N (// irigal[underworld])

[i-ri-gal] = ⸢irigal⸣ [qab-ru] (VS 24, 004 o i 5).

irigal = qab-ru (K 04263+ o iii 11').

urugal = [qab-ru] (Ea 06 Seg.3, 13').

urugalₓ(AB×(U.U.U)) = ⸢qab⸣-ru^!(LU) (Ea 04 161).

References for all phrases

SI-GI irigal[underworld]

SI-GI irigal = pa-te-e qab-ri (CT 18, pl. 36-37, K 04323+ o i 1).

irigal[underworld]

urugal (OB Nippur Ea 289; MSL 14, 29 Lb b ii 4'; PBS 05, 114 r ii' 5'; MSL 14, 018 Bb r i 22'; MSL 14, 022 Eq o 5).

urugal = [...] (AJSL 33, 170-171 ii 77).

urugalₓ(AB×(U.U.U)) = [...] (AJSL 33, 170-171 ii 76).

^u₂-^ru-^galirigal = MIN<(a-ra-al-lu-u)> (K 02039 o i 11').

urugal = er-ṣe-tum (Ea 04 162).

[i-ri-gal] = ⸢irigal⸣ [qab-ru] (VS 24, 004 o i 5).

irigal = qab-ru (K 04263+ o iii 11').

urugal = [qab-ru] (Ea 06 Seg.3, 13').

urugalₓ(AB×(U.U.U)) = ⸢qab⸣-ru^!(LU) (Ea 04 161).

e[house] irigal[underworld]

e₂ irigal (OB Nippur Kagal 224).

Word ID: o0031252; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0031252; version 2.7.2 (built 2024-08-31)