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Translingual
Cuneiform sign
| 𒃲
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Sign Number
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| MZL
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553
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| Deimel
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343
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| HZL
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242
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| Components
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| 𒍦, 𒈨
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Derived signs
References
- R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
- A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
- Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)
Akkadian
Sign values
| Sign
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𒃲
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| Sumerograms
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GAL
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| Phonetic values
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gal/qal, kal₂
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Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒃲 (gal, “cup; big”)
Logogram
𒃲 • (GAL)
- Sumerogram of kāsum (“cup”)
- Sumerogram of rabûm (“big”)
- Sumerogram of ribbatum/rabbatum (“arrears”)
Hittite
𒃲
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Symbol
𒃲 • (GAL)
- (LÚ)GAL "superior, chief, highest ranking"
- GAL NA.GAD "chief shepherd"
- GAL (LÚ)GEŠTIN "wine chief" (official rank)
Sumerian
Etymology 1
Noun
𒃲 • (gal)
- a large cup
Etymology 2
Alternative forms of
/gal/
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| 𒄖𒌌 (gu-ul)
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Adjective
𒃲 • (gal) (plural 𒃲𒃲 (gal-gal /galgal/))
- big, large, great, full-grown
- 𒃻 𒃲 ― ninda gal ― large bread
- 𒐐𒁹 𒈦 𒃲𒃲 ― ninnu-diš maš gal-gal /ninnu-diš maš galgal/ ― fifty-one full-grown he-goats
Verb
𒃲 • (gal)
- to be big, large, great
- to be older, elder, eldest
Derived terms
- 𒀍 (irigal)
- 𒂍𒃲 (e₂-gal /ēgal/)
- 𒃲𒁔 (ušumgal)
- 𒈗 (lugal)
- 𒊹𒃲 (šar₂-gal /šargal/)
References
- “𒃲 (gal, “cup”)” in ePSD2
- “𒃲 (gal, “to be big”)” in ePSD2
- Jagersma, Bram (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian (doctoral thesis), page 270
