kindagal [OFFICIAL] N (34x) Early Dynastic I-II, Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian wr. kindagal₂; kindagal; kinda₂-gal; kinda-gal; kindagal^kin-^da-^gal "leader, expert; an official, inspector of slaves; barber"

[1]	𒃲𒌵	kindagal₂
[2]	𒃳	kindagal
[3]	𒌵𒃲	kinda₂-gal
[4]	𒃱𒃲	kinda-gal
[5]	𒃳𒆥𒁕𒃲	kindagal^kin-^da-^gal

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		12	2		1			1
[2]	2		1					8	3
[3]			1		1
[4]					1
[5]									1

8 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic I-II (2x/6%)

Early Dynastic IIIa (12x/35%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (4x/12%)

Old Akkadian (3x/9%)

Old Babylonian (9x/26%)

Middle Babylonian (2x/6%)

Neo-Assyrian (2x/6%)

Senses:

1. leader, expert (12x/35%)

2. an official, inspector of slaves (21x/62%)

3. barber (1x/3%)

Akk. massû; muwassû.

Bibliography

[2013] M. Civil, JCS 65, 35.

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

kindagal

= mu-wa-su₂-u₂-um (RA 21, 178 ii 16).

Lexical Associations

gallābu[barber]N (// kindagal[official])

kindagal = MIN<(gal-la-bu)> (CT 19, pl. 30, K 04580+ i 10).

⸢kindagal^{kin^?}⸣-^da-^gal = gal-la-bu (Tall Munbaqa-Ekalte 2, 81A i 10').

muʾerru[leader (of an assembly)]N (// kindagal[official])

⸢kindagal^?⸣ = mu-er-rum (Tall Munbaqa-Ekalte 2, 81A i 11').

References for all phrases

kindagal[official]

kindagal (ED Lu E 16; OB Nippur Lu 74).

kindagal = mu-wa-su₂-u₂-um (RA 21, 178 ii 16).

kindagal = MIN<(gal-la-bu)> (CT 19, pl. 30, K 04580+ i 10).

⸢kindagal^{kin^?}⸣-^da-^gal = gal-la-bu (Tall Munbaqa-Ekalte 2, 81A i 10').

⸢kindagal^?⸣ = mu-er-rum (Tall Munbaqa-Ekalte 2, 81A i 11').

niŋ[thing] kindagal[official]

niŋ₂ kindagal (Nippur Nigga 134).

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