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𒃲


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

Translingual

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Cuneiform sign

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

Derived signs

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References

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

Akkadian

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Sign values

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Sign 𒃲
Sumerograms GAL
Phonetic values gal/qal, kal₂

Etymology

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

Logogram

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𒃲 • (GAL)

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

Hittite

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Symbol

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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)

Sumerian

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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𒃲 • (gal)

  1. a large cup

Etymology 2

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Alternative forms of
/gal/
𒄖𒌌 (gu-ul)

Adjective

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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

Verb

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𒃲 • (gal)

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

Derived terms

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References

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  • “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
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