tab [DOUBLE] V/t (1270x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, Uncertain, unknown wr. tab; tab-tab; ta; ta-ab; tabₓ(PAP); tam; tab₄ "to double; to repeat; to be double strength; to twine; to pair; to block"

See igi tab[look at]V/t, šeg tab[build with brick]V/t, zar tab[pair sheaves]V/t.

[1]	𒋰	tab
[2]	𒋰𒋰	tab-tab
[3]	𒋫	ta
[4]	𒋫𒀊	ta-ab
[5]	𒉽	tabₓ(PAP)
[6]	𒌓	tam
[7]	X	tab₄
+	--ba=b.a (1031x/81%); --be₂=b.e (26x/2%); --be₆=b.e (8x/1%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		22	32		23	10	897	177	90	2
[2]								13
[3]								1
[4]								1
[5]								1
[6]								1
[7]

103 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (22x/2%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (32x/3%)

Old Akkadian (23x/2%)

Lagash II (10x/1%)

Ur III (897x/71%)

Old Babylonian (194x/15%)

Middle Assyrian (2x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (30x/2%)

Neo-Assyrian (40x/3%)

Neo-Babylonian (11x/1%)

Hellenistic (7x/1%)

Uncertain (1x/0%)

unknown (1x/0%)

Verbal prefixes: V ; V.b ; V.b.da.n ; V.ba.da ; V.m ; V.mu.ra.da ; V.n ; V.na.da ; Vmma ; Vmma.da.n ; Vmma.i ; Vmma.n ; al ; ba ; ba.V.n ; ba.b ; ba.da ; ba.da.b ; ba.da.n ; ba.i ; ba.i.b ; ba.i.n ; ba.ni.n ; ha.V.b ; ha.V.da ; ha.V.m ; ha.V.n ; ha.V.ne ; ha.V.ne.da ; ha.V.ni ; ha.V.ni.b ; ha.i.b ; ha.i.da ; ha.inga.mu.da ; mu.a.b ; mu.n ; mu.n.da.n ; mu.ra.da.n ; na.V.m ; na.Vmma.i.n ; nu ; u.ba.V ; ša ; ša.mu.e .

Senses:

1. to double (1235x/97%)

2. to repeat

3. to be double strength [V/i] (3x/0%)

4. to twine (24x/2%)

5. to pair

6. to block (8x/1%)

Akk. edēlu; eṣēpu; tappû.

Bibliography

[2016] M. Molina, Studies Milano 322.

[2009] W. Heimpel, Workers 255.

[2002] J. Høyrup, Lengths Widths Surfaces 22; 44; 46.

[1997] K. Maekawa, ASJ 17 187.

tab

(OB Nippur Ea 144; CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.3 2', frg.3 4', frg.3 5', frg.3 6', frg.3 7', frg.3 9', frg.3 12', frg.3 13', frg.3 15').

= kapālu ša ṣerri (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.4 8', frg.4 9', frg.4 10', frg.4 11').

Lexical Associations

ahû[fraternize]V (// tab[double])

tab = at-ḫu-[u] (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.3 6').

edēlu[shut]V (// tab[double])

tab = e-di-⸢lu⸣ (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 o ii 59).

edēqu[dress]V (// tab[double])

tab = ⸢ud-du⸣-qum (MSL 09, 124-137 r i 20').

elēpu[sprout]V (// tab[double])

tab = e-le-⸢pu⸣ (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.3 9').

eṣēpu[double]V (// tab[double])

tab = e-ṣe₂-pu (MSL 09, 124-137 r i 26'; CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 o ii 60).

kapālu[roll up]V ša[of]DET x (// tab[double])

tab = MIN<(ka-pa-lu)> ša₂ [...] (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.4 9').

kapālu[roll up]V ša[of]DET ṣerru[snake]N (// tab[double])

tab = ⸢ka-pa⸣-lu ša₂ ⸢MUŠ^?⸣ (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.4 8').

katāmu[cover]V ša[of]DET pānu[front]N (// tab[double])

tab = ka-ta-mu ša₂ pa-[ni] (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.4 10').

kilallān[both]AJ (// tab[double])

tab = ki-la₂-la-⸢an⸣ (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.3 7').

māšu[twin]N (// tab[double])

tab = ma-a-⸢šu⸣ (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.3 5').

napharu[total]N (// tab[double])

tab = nap-ḫa-[ru] (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 o ii 63).

sapānu[flatten]V (// tab[double])

tab-ba = sa-pa-nu (TCL 06, 35 o ii 45).

tūʾamu[twin]N (// tab[double])

tab = tu-ʾa-a-[mu] (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.3 4').

šakāku[harrow]V (// tab[double])

tab = ša₂-ka-[ku] (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.3 13').

šakānu[put]V (// tab[double])

tab = MIN<(ša₂-ka-nu)> (CT 19, pl. 42-43, K 00247+ r ii 5; CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.3 12').

šakānu[put]V ša[of]DET mimma[anything]XP (// tab[double])

tab = ša₂-ka-nu ša₂ ⸢mim-ma⸣ (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.4 11').

šanû[do twice]V (// tab[double])

tabₓ(PAP) = ša-nu-u₂-um (MSL 14, 87 A o iv 10).

šina[two]NU (// tab[double])

tab = ši-[na] (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.3 2').

šutašnû[doubled]AJ (// tab[double])

tab = šu-ta-aš-nu-u₂ (MSL 09, 124-137 r i 18').

šutāhû[paired (off)]AJ (// tab[double])

tab = šu-ta-ḫu (MSL 09, 124-137 r i 19').

eṣpu[doubled]AJ (// x tab[double])

[...] ⸢tab⸣-ba^sar = eṣ-pu-tu (KADP 38 r i 5').

šullušu[trebled]AJ (// dur[bond] eš[three] tab[double])

^gi⸢dur eš₅⸣ tab-ba = šu-ul-⸢lu^?⸣-[šu^?] (HS 1928 + HS 1929 o iii 49).

ša[of]DET x (// kid[mat] šag[heart] tab[double])

^gikid šag₄ tab-ba = MIN<(ša)> [...] (HS 1928 + HS 1929 r ii 33).

kutmu[cover]N libbu[inner body]N (// lipiš[innards] tab[double])

lipiš tab-ŋu₁₀ = ku-tu-um li-bi-ia (CUSAS 12, 4.2 o 16).

šunnû[doubled]AJ (// nundum[lip] šu[hand] tab[double])

nundum šu tab-ba = šu-un-nu (Oriento 23/2, 1-19 r iv 4).

nirru[(a rope or braided string)]N (// nunuz[egg] eš[three] tab[double])

^na₄nunuz eš₅ tab-ba = nīri (Ura 16 Seg.3, 5; UET 6, 0406 r 9’).

ṣipirtu[(a gem stone)]N (// nunuz[egg] eš[three] tab[double])

^na₄nunuz eš₅ tab-ba = ṣiprēti (Ura 16 Seg.3, 5a).

nirru[(a rope or braided string)]N (// nunuz[egg] tab[double])

[nunuz] ⸢tab⸣-ba = ni-ru (Emar 6/2, p. 501, Msk 74203e o iii 23').

^na₄nunuz tab-ba = nīri (Ura 16 Seg.3, 4; UET 6, 0406 r 8’).

zirūtu[(something in the body)]N (// uzu[flesh] i[oil] tab[double])

[uzu i₃] tab-ba = zi-ru-tu₂^! u₂-nu-u ⸢x⸣-[...] (LTBA 1, 86 o i 4'; BM 035742 o 8'; Ura 15 Seg.8, 36).

zirūtu[s.th. in the body]N (// uzu[flesh] i[oil] tab[double])

šīru[flesh]N mešṭû[drying (process)]N (// uzu[flesh] min[two] tab[double])

[uzu] ⸢min⸣ tab-ba = UZU ⸢ma⸣-aš₂-ṭe-e ⸢UZU ab-lu⸣ UZU ⸢ab-lu⸣-tu₂ (LTBA 1, 86 o i 6').

suparinnu[(a bronze object)]N (// zagbar[scraps] gal[big] tab[double])

^urudzag-bar gal tab-ba = su-pa-ri-in-[nu] (Ura 11 section 3, 129; BM 047673 r 2).

suparinnu[(a bronze object)]N (// {urud}šita₃-bar gal[big] tab[double])

^urudšita₃-bar ⸢gal tab⸣-ba = su₂-pa-ri-in-nu (BM 085983 r i 6).

šušlušu[trebled one]N (// šaga[drinking utensil?] eš[three] tab[double])

^urudšaqa₂ eš₅ tab-ba = šu-uš-lu-šu (Ura 11 section 3, 183; K 08676 r ii 6'; BM 033426 r ii' 18').

eṣpu[doubled one]N (// šaga[drinking utensil?] min[two] tab[double])

^urudšaqa₂ min tab-ba = eṣ-pu (Ura 11 section 3, 182; K 08676 r ii 5'; BM 033426 r ii' 17').

etēmu[be(come) smitten]V (// šu[hand] hi[mix] tab[double])

šu ḫi tab-⸢ba⸣ = šu-ta-at-te-nu [x-x^?]-⸢x⸣ an-da im-mi-ia-u-wa-⸢ar⸣ (KBo 13, 001 + KBo 26, 20 + KBo 01, 44 o ii 15').

ibrētu[radius and ulna]N (// šu[hand] min[two] tab[double])

[šu min₃] ⸢tab^?⸣-ba = ib-re-e-tum (RA 17, 171, K 13637+ r i 13').

zīru[twisted]AJ (// šum[garlic] eš[three] tab[double])

[šum₂ eš₅ tab-ba]^sar = zi-ru-[tu₂] (Ura 17 Seg.7, 15; KADP 38 r i 6').

References for all phrases

tab[double]

tab (MSL 14, 023 Fk r iii' 2; MSL 14, 022 Et r ii 9; OB Nippur Ea 144; PBS 05, 129 o 13; MSL 14, 29 Lb a iii 21; PBS 12, 55 o iii' 2'; MSL 14, 018 Bb o iv 21).

tab = ZA-BU-[x] (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.3 15').

tab = e-ṣe-pu-um (MSL 14, 122-127 09 489).

tab = šu-ta-aš-nu-um (MSL 14, 122-127 09 490).

tab = at-ḫu-[u] (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.3 6').

tab = e-di-⸢lu⸣ (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 o ii 59).

tab = ⸢ud-du⸣-qum (MSL 09, 124-137 r i 20').

tab = e-le-⸢pu⸣ (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.3 9').

tab = e-ṣe₂-pu (MSL 09, 124-137 r i 26'; CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 o ii 60).

tab = MIN<(ka-pa-lu)> ša₂ [...] (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.4 9').

tab = ⸢ka-pa⸣-lu ša₂ ⸢MUŠ^?⸣ (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.4 8').

tab = ka-ta-mu ša₂ pa-[ni] (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.4 10').

tab = ki-la₂-la-⸢an⸣ (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.3 7').

tab = ma-a-⸢šu⸣ (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.3 5').

tab = nap-ḫa-[ru] (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 o ii 63).

tab-ba = sa-pa-nu (TCL 06, 35 o ii 45).

tab = tu-ʾa-a-[mu] (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.3 4').

tab = ša₂-ka-[ku] (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.3 13').

tab = MIN<(ša₂-ka-nu)> (CT 19, pl. 42-43, K 00247+ r ii 5; CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.3 12').

tab = ša₂-ka-nu ša₂ ⸢mim-ma⸣ (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.4 11').

tabₓ(PAP) = ša-nu-u₂-um (MSL 14, 87 A o iv 10).

tab = ši-[na] (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145a frg.3 2').

tab = šu-ta-aš-nu-u₂ (MSL 09, 124-137 r i 18').

tab = šu-ta-ḫu (MSL 09, 124-137 r i 19').

x tab[double]

[...] ⸢tab⸣-ba^sar = eṣ-pu-tu (KADP 38 r i 5').

bappir[~beer] ud[sun] tab[double]

bappir ud tab-ba = [...] (K 04351 o ii' 3').

bappir₂ ud tab-ba (Ni 03477 o i 5; MSL 11, 111 O r i 4; SLT 018 i 3'; SLT 12 o iii 16).

dam[spouse] tab[double]

dam tab-⸢ba⸣ (Emar 6/1, p. 135-136, Msk 731059a + o ii 32').

dam tab-[ba] = [...] (CT 19, pl. 22-23, Rm 0344 o ii' 10').

dam tab-ba = ⸢x⸣-[...] [...] (RA 17, 133, K 04161+ o i 10).

dida[wort] ud[sun] tab[double]

^kašdida ud tab-ba (SLT 019 o 4; SLT 017 o ii 9; SLT 015 a ii 18; SLT 12 o ii 12; SLT 033 o i 8').

duggan[bag] eš[three] tab[double]

⸢^kuš⸣dug₃-kam₂ eš₅ tab-ba = [...] (Emar 6/1, p. 257, Msk 74103b r i 5').

duggan[bag] min[two] tab[double]

⸢^kuš⸣dug₃-kam₂ min tab-⸢ba⸣ = [...] (Emar 6/1, p. 257, Msk 74103b r i 4').

duh[bran] ud[sun] tab[double]

duḫ ud tab-ba (SLT 12 o iv 5).

dur[ax] tab[double]

^gidur₁₀ tab-ba (CUSAS 12, 3.2.01 o iv 22).

dur[bond] eš[three] tab[double]

^gi⸢dur eš₅⸣ tab-ba = šu-ul-⸢lu^?⸣-[šu^?] (HS 1928 + HS 1929 o iii 49).

gigur[container] sal[thin] tab[double]

gi-gur sal-la tab^!-ba (CM 22, pl. 35-36 r i 50).

hul[leash] tab[double] anše[equid]

^kušul₃ tab anše (Emar 6/2, p. 571-574, Msk 74247 o iv 14; Emar 6/1, p. 264-265, Msk 74105a o iv 5').

^kušul₃-ul₃ tab anše (Emar 6/2, p. 571-574, Msk 74247 o iv 15).

i[oil] tab[double] zir[break]

i₃ tab ze₂-er (SLT 036 r i 3').

illar[weapon] tab[double]

^ŋešillar tab-ba (CUNES 49-13-162 o 3).

kaš[beer] ud[sun] tab[double]

kaš ud ⸢tab⸣-[ba] (SLFN ? o ii 3'; N 5107 r ii 12'; SLT p. 14, CBS 04818 r i 6'; SLT 017 o iii 1; MSL 11, 111 N r ii 4'; SLT 16 o ii 6'; MSL 11, 111 J r ii 11).

kid[mat] šag[heart] tab[double]

^gikid šag₄ tab-ba = MIN<(ša)> [...] (HS 1928 + HS 1929 r ii 33).

lipiš[innards] tab[double]

lipiš tab-ŋu₁₀ = ku-tu-um li-bi-ia (CUSAS 12, 4.2 o 16).

maš[goat] gaba[chest] tab[double]

maš₂ gaba tab (OB Nippur Lu 509).

maš[interest] saŋ[head] niŋgur[property] tab[double]

maš₂ saŋ niŋ₂-gur₁₁-bi al-tab-ba (BM 067389 o i 7').

munu[malt] ud[sun] tab[double]

munu₄ ud^? [tab-ba] (SLT 033 o iii 15').

ninda[bread] tab[double]

ninda tab-[ba] (MSL 11, A 07895 iii 12').

nir[stone] tab[double]

^na₄nir₂ tab (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 a i 45).

niŋbarag[quilt] tab[double]

niŋ₂-barag₂ ⸢tab-ba⸣ (Nippur Nigga 152).

[^tug₂niŋ₂]-⸢barag₂⸣ tab-ba (CBS 4608 + r v 8).

nundum[lip] šu[hand] tab[double]

nundum šu tab-ba = šu-un-nu (Oriento 23/2, 1-19 r iv 4).

nunuz[egg] eš[three] tab[double]

^na₄nunuz eš₅ tab-ba = nīri (Ura 16 Seg.3, 5; UET 6, 0406 r 9’).

^na₄nunuz eš₅ tab-ba = ṣiprēti (Ura 16 Seg.3, 5a).

nunuz[egg] tab[double]

^na₄nunuz tab-ba (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 a ii 29).

[nunuz] ⸢tab⸣-ba = ni-ru (Emar 6/2, p. 501, Msk 74203e o iii 23').

^na₄nunuz tab-ba = nīri (Ura 16 Seg.3, 4; UET 6, 0406 r 8’).

pa[branch] hul[leash] tab[double] anše[equid]

^kušpa ul₃ ⸢tab^?⸣ [anše] (Emar 6/1, p. 264-265, Msk 74105a o iv 6').

peš[fig] šergu[string] tab[double]

[peš₃] še-er-kum tab-ba (MSL 11, A 07895 vi 23).

siki[hair] gu[cord] kešed[bind] tab[double]

siki gu keš₂ tab-ba (OB Nippur Ura 4 525).

siki[hair] gu[cord] tab[double]

[siki gu nu]-tab-ba (SLT P264058 o i' 7').

[siki gu tab]-ba (SLT P264058 o i' 6').

siki[hair] tab[double]

siki tab (ED Vessels and Garments 136).

siki[hair] šagsig[weft] tab[double]

siki šag₄-sig tab-ba (OB Nippur Ura 4 519; CBS 4608 + r iv 6).

tug[textile] tab[double]

tug₂ tab (ED Vessels and Garments 135).

tugguza[textile] tab[double]

tug₂-guz-⸢za⸣ [tab-ba] (OB Nippur Ura 4 580; CBS 4608 + r v 10).

ubur[breast] min[two] tab[double]

⸢ubur^!(DAG.KISIM₅×U) min tab-ba (Emar 6/2, p. 409, Msk 74160f i' 11', i' 12').

uzu[flesh] i[oil] tab[double]

⸢uzu⸣ i₃ tab-⸢ba^?⸣ (HS 1799 d iii 7; OB Nippur Ura 3 469).

uzu i₃ tab-[ba] = [...] (MSL SS 1, 036 r 10').

[uzu i₃] tab-ba = zi-ru-tu₂^! u₂-nu-u ⸢x⸣-[...] (LTBA 1, 86 o i 4'; BM 035742 o 8'; Ura 15 Seg.8, 36).

uzu[flesh] min[two] tab[double]

[uzu] ⸢min⸣ tab-ba = UZU ⸢ma⸣-aš₂-ṭe-e ⸢UZU ab-lu⸣ UZU ⸢ab-lu⸣-tu₂ (LTBA 1, 86 o i 6').

zagbar[scraps] gal[big] tab[double]

^urudzag-bar gal tab-ba = su-pa-ri-in-[nu] (Ura 11 section 3, 129; BM 047673 r 2).

zib[donkey-bridle] tab[double] anše[equid]

^kušzib₂ tab anše (Emar 6/2, p. 571-574, Msk 74247 o iv 11; ASJ 09, 289-291 o iii 32'; Emar 6/1, p. 264-265, Msk 74105a o iv 2').

{urud}šita₃-bar gal[big] tab[double]

^urudšita₃-bar ⸢gal tab⸣-ba = su₂-pa-ri-in-nu (BM 085983 r i 6).

šaga[drinking utensil?] eš[three] tab[double]

[^urud]⸢šaqa₂⸣ eš₅ tab-⸢ba⸣ = [...] (BaM 10, 129 W 23830d r ii' frg.a 8').

^urudšaqa₂ eš₅ tab-ba = šu-uš-lu-šu (Ura 11 section 3, 183; K 08676 r ii 6'; BM 033426 r ii' 18').

šaga[drinking utensil?] min[two] tab[double]

[^urud]⸢šaqa₂⸣ min tab-ba = [...] (BaM 10, 129 W 23830d r ii' frg.a 7').

^urudšaqa₂ min tab-ba = eṣ-pu (Ura 11 section 3, 182; K 08676 r ii 5'; BM 033426 r ii' 17').

šu[hand] bar[outside] tab[double]

šu ⸢bar⸣ [tab-ba] = [...] (CT 19, pl. 21, K 04393+ r i 23).

šu[hand] hi[mix] tab[double]

⸢šu⸣ ḫi tab-ba (KUB 37, 147 + KBo 26, 032 + (?) KUB 03, 108 (+) VBoT 80 o i' 11'').

šu ḫi tab-⸢ba⸣ = šu-ta-at-te-nu [x-x^?]-⸢x⸣ an-da im-mi-ia-u-wa-⸢ar⸣ (KBo 13, 001 + KBo 26, 20 + KBo 01, 44 o ii 15').

šu[hand] min[two] tab[double]

[šu min₃] ⸢tab^?⸣-ba = ib-re-e-tum (RA 17, 171, K 13637+ r i 13').

šu[hand] tab[double]

⸢šu tab⸣-ba = e-PI-[...] (YBC 13524 d 228).

⸢šu tab⸣-ba = e-ek-[...] (YBC 13524 d 227).

šum[garlic] eš[three] tab[double]

[šum₂ eš₅ tab-ba]^sar = zi-ru-[tu₂] (Ura 17 Seg.7, 15; KADP 38 r i 6').

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