balla [HEADDRESS] N (89x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic wr. ^tug₂ballaₓ(GAR.SAG.LAL.SAL); ^tug₂ballaₓ(GAR.SAL.LAL.SAG); ballaₓ(GAR.SAG.LAL.SAL); ^tug₂balla₂; ^tug₂balla; ^tug₂ballaₓ(GAR.SAL.SAG.LAL); ballaₓ(GAR.SAL.LAL.SAG); ^tug₂ballaₓ(GAR.SAG.KEŠ₂.SAL); ^tug₂ballaₓ(GAR.SAG.SAL.LAL); ^tug₂ballaₓ(SAG.LAL.SAL); balla; balla₂ "a headdress or wig"

[1]	𒌆𒃻𒊕𒇲𒊩	^tug₂ballaₓ(GAR.SAG.LAL.SAL)
[2]	𒌆𒃻𒊩𒇲𒊕	^tug₂ballaₓ(GAR.SAL.LAL.SAG)
[3]	𒃻𒊕𒇲𒊩	ballaₓ(GAR.SAG.LAL.SAL)
[4]	𒌆𒃻𒊕𒅍𒂡𒊩	^tug₂balla₂
[5]	𒌆𒃻𒊕𒅍𒂡𒍑	^tug₂balla
[6]	𒌆𒃻𒊩𒊕𒇲	^tug₂ballaₓ(GAR.SAL.SAG.LAL)
[7]	𒃻𒊩𒇲𒊕	ballaₓ(GAR.SAL.LAL.SAG)
[8]	𒌆𒃻𒊕𒆟𒊩	^tug₂ballaₓ(GAR.SAG.KEŠ₂.SAL)
[9]	𒌆𒃻𒊕𒊩𒇲	^tug₂ballaₓ(GAR.SAG.SAL.LAL)
[10]	𒌆𒊕𒇲𒊩	^tug₂ballaₓ(SAG.LAL.SAL)
[11]	𒃻𒊕𒅍𒂡𒍑	balla
[12]	𒃻𒊕𒅍𒂡𒊩	balla₂

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]							37
[2]							26
[3]			6			3	3
[4]								1	5
[5]									2
[6]							2
[7]					1
[8]							1
[9]							1
[10]							1
[11]
[12]

16 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (6x/7%)

Old Akkadian (1x/1%)

Lagash II (3x/3%)

Ur III (71x/80%)

Old Babylonian (1x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (4x/4%)

Neo-Babylonian (2x/2%)

Hellenistic (1x/1%)

Senses:

1. a headdress or wig (89x/100%)

Akk. upur sinništi; upur zikari.

Lexical Associations

illukku[(a precious stone)]N (// balla[headdress])

[^tug₂]⸢balla⸣ = [il]-⸢lu⸣-ku i-di-ip-⸢tu₂⸣ (LTBA 1, 52 (+) LTBA 1, 87 o 13'').

⸢^tug₂⸣balla₂ = il-lu-uk-⸢ku⸣ ⸢^{mi₂^?}⸣DIŠ (SpTU 3, 116 o i 26).

upru[(a cloth headdress)]N (// balla[headdress])

^tug₂balla₂ = ḫu-pu-[ru]-⸢um⸣ (OECT 04, 152 d i 10).

References for all phrases

balla[headdress]

^tug₂⸢balla(NIG₂.SAG.IL₂.SAR.UŠ)⸣ = ⸢u₂-x⸣ [...] (Rm 0606+ o iii 16').

⸢^tug₂balla₂⸣ = [...] (MSL SS 1, 038 o ii' 3').

⸢^tug₂balla₂(GAR.SAG.IL₂.KEŠ₂.[SAL])⸣ = [...] (MSL SS 1, 038 o ii' 2').

^tug₂⸢balla₂(NIG₂.SAG.IL₂.SAR.SAL)⸣ = ⸢u₂-x⸣ [...] (Rm 0606+ o iii 17').

^tug₂⸢balla₂(NIG₂.SAG.IL₂.SAR.SAL)⸣ = ⸢x⸣-[...] (Rm 0606+ o iii 18').

[^tug₂]⸢balla⸣ = [il]-⸢lu⸣-ku i-di-ip-⸢tu₂⸣ (LTBA 1, 52 (+) LTBA 1, 87 o 13'').

⸢^tug₂⸣balla₂ = il-lu-uk-⸢ku⸣ ⸢^{mi₂^?}⸣DIŠ (SpTU 3, 116 o i 26).

^tug₂balla₂ = ḫu-pu-[ru]-⸢um⸣ (OECT 04, 152 d i 10).

Bibliography

[2017] N. Al-Mutawalli and W. Sallaberger, ZA 107 173

[1985] W. Hallo, JCS 37 122-123.

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