𒃲

𒃲 U+120F2, 𒃲 CUNEIFORM SIGN GAL ← 𒃱 [U+120F1] Cuneiform 𒃳 → [U+120F3]

𒃲	Sign Number
MZL	553
Deimel	343
HZL	242
Components
𒍦, 𒈨

• R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
• A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
• Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Sign	𒃲
Sumerograms	GAL
Phonetic values	gal/qal, kal₂

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒃲 (gal, “cup; big”)

𒃲 • (GAL)

1. Sumerogram of kāsum (“cup”)
2. Sumerogram of rabûm (“big”)
3. Sumerogram of ribbatum/rabbatum (“arrears”)

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𒃲 • (GAL)

1. ^(LÚ)GAL "superior, chief, highest ranking"
   • GAL NA.GAD "chief shepherd"
   • GAL ^(LÚ)GEŠTIN "wine chief" (official rank)

𒃲 • (gal)

1. a large cup

Alternative forms of /gal/
𒄖𒌌 (gu-ul)

𒃲 • (gal) (plural 𒃲𒃲 (gal-gal /⁠galgal⁠/))

1. 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

𒃲 • (gal)

1. to be big, large, great
2. to be older, elder, eldest

• “𒃲 (gal, “cup”)” in ePSD2
• “𒃲 (gal, “to be big”)” in ePSD2
• Jagersma, Bram (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian‎^[1] (doctoral thesis), page 270