raba [CLAMP] N (57x) Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian wr. ^ŋešrab₃; ^ŋešraba; rab₃; raba; ra₂-ab; ^ra-^abrab₃; rab-ba "clamp; neck stock; hoop"

[1]	𒄑𒈗	^ŋeš rab₃
[2]	𒄑𒊐	^ŋeš raba
[3]	𒈗	rab₃
[4]	𒊐	raba
[5]	𒁺𒀊	ra₂-ab
[6]	𒊏𒀊𒈗	^ra-^abrab₃
[7]	𒊐𒁀	rab-ba

	OB	Post-OB
[1]	37
[2]	10
[3]	3	3
[4]	1	1
[5]	1
[6]		1
[7]

13 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Old Babylonian (52x/91%)

Middle Babylonian (3x/5%)

Neo-Assyrian (2x/4%)

Verbal prefixes: V .

Senses:

1. clamp (54x/95%)

2. neck stock (3x/5%)

3. hoop

Akk. rappu.

Bibliography

[1993] M. Civil, St Hallo 74.

[1968] M. Civil, JAOS 88 13.

rab₃

= rappu (Ea 07 101a).

Lexical Associations

rappu[hoop]N (// raba[clamp])

rab₃ = ra-ap-⸢pu⸣ (UM 29-13-684 o i' 13'; Ea 07 101a).

⸢^ra-^ab⸣rab₃ = ra-ap-pu (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a r iv 34).

^ŋešraba = ra-ap-pu-u₂ (OB Nippur Diri 219; MSL 15, 008 A r ii 16).

sikkatu[peg]N rappu[hoop]N (// gag[nail] raba[clamp])

⸢gag⸣ rab₃ = si-kat MIN<(ra-ap-pu)> (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a r iv 35).

References for all phrases

raba[clamp]

^ŋešraba (MVN 13, 622 o 3; OB Nippur Ura 1 680; CUSAS 12, 3.1.13 o iii 25').

^ŋešrab₃ (Education in the Earliest Schools no. 019 r vi 22; CUNES 49-14-059 o 3, r 2; CUSAS 12, 3.1.1 c i 33).

rab₃ = ra-ap-⸢pu⸣ (UM 29-13-684 o i' 13'; Ea 07 101a).

⸢^ra-^ab⸣rab₃ = ra-ap-pu (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a r iv 34).

^ŋešraba = ra-ap-pu-u₂ (OB Nippur Diri 219; MSL 15, 008 A r ii 16).

raba[clamp] ŋar[place]

^ŋešraba ŋar (OrNS 70, 210-211 o ii 30').

raba[clamp] šu-x

^ŋeš⸢raba šu^?-x⸣ (CUSAS 12, 3.1.13 o iii 30').

raba[clamp] šu[hand]

^ŋešraba ⸢šu^?⸣ (CUSAS 12, 3.1.13 o iii 26').

gag[nail] raba[clamp]