lib [RICH] V/i (63x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. li; li-ba; lib; li-li; li-la; li-be₂ "(to be) rich, well-off; (to be) high quality; (to be) happy; (to be) rich"

[1]	𒇷	li
[2]	𒇷𒁀	li-ba
[3]	𒈜	lib
[4]	𒇷𒇷	li-li
[5]	𒇷𒆷	li-la
[6]	𒇷𒁉	li-be₂
+	--ba=b.a (6x/10%); --be₂=b.e (2x/3%).

	ED IIIb	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]	1	40	10
[2]		5	1
[3]		2	1
[4]			2
[5]				1
[6]

11 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (1x/2%)

Old Babylonian (47x/75%)

Neo-Assyrian (8x/13%)

Neo-Babylonian (2x/3%)

Persian (1x/2%)

Hellenistic (3x/5%)

unknown (1x/2%)

Verbal prefixes: mu.i.b ; nu .

Senses:

1. (to be) rich, well-off (11x/17%)

2. (to be) high quality (39x/62%)

3. (to be) happy (13x/21%)

4. (to be) rich

Akk. hadû; hidiātu; râšu; rāšû; rīšātu.

Bibliography

[2006] M. Jaques, Vocabulaire des sentiments 214; 295.

[1999] E. Flückiger-Hawker, Urnamma 165.

li

= râšu (CT 11, pl. 27, BM 093033 r i 9).

Lexical Associations

rašû[acquire]V (// lib[rich])

li = ra-a-šu (CT 11, pl. 27, BM 093033 r i 9).

rīštu[rejoicing]N (// ki[place] lib[rich])

ki li = ri-ša₂-a-tum (K 02021A+ o ii 6).

References for all phrases

lib[rich]

⸢li⸣ = [...] (CT 18, pl. 29-30, K 02054 r i 3'; MSL 03, 094 ST r i 22).

li-[li] = [...] (CT 18, pl. 29-30, K 02054 r i 2', r i 4').

lib = [...] (CT 12, pl. 31, BM 038885 r 9').