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A Note on gal-tab-bu-um

CDLN 2014:5

Cuneiform Digital Library Notes (ISSN: 1546-6566)

Published on 2014-04-15

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liucy@zjnu.edu.cn

Zhejiang Normal University

In his 1980 article, Tohru Gomi transliterated the first line of text 35 as an animal (kir11 ga) followed by a personal name: šu-ku-bu-um; his hand copy confirmed this interpretation (Gomi 1980:49). I recently collated this text from the scan image available on CDLI and was able to identify the two signs between ga and bu as gal and tab producing the compound “gal-tab-bu-um.” This then appears to represent a qualification to kir11 ga with the meaning “fat-tailed (extra big tail) suckling female lamb” (see Steinkeller 1995b:51, 59).

 
BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Gomi, Tohru
  1980 “Administrative Texts of the Third Dynasty of Ur in the Merseyside County Museums, Liverpool”. Orient 16:1-110.
Steinkeller, Piotr
  1995b “Sheep and Goat Terminology in Ur III Sources from Drehem”. BSA 8:49-70.
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Liu, Changyu. 2014. “A Note on Gal-Tab-Bu-Um.” Cuneiform Digital Library Notes 2014 (5). https://cdli.earth/articles/cdln/2014-5.
Liu, C. (2014). A Note on gal-tab-bu-um. Cuneiform Digital Library Notes, 2014(5). https://cdli.earth/articles/cdln/2014-5
Liu, C. (2014) “A Note on gal-tab-bu-um,” Cuneiform Digital Library Notes, 2014(5). Available at: https://cdli.earth/articles/cdln/2014-5 (Accessed: April 16, 2025).
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