tag [TOUCH] V/t (1174x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Ebla, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, Uncertain, unknown wr. tag; tag-tag; tag-ga; ta; ta-ke₄; tag-ga^ku₆; ta-ak; ta-ta; tag-ta; ti-ib; ^ta-^agtag; sag; tag+X "to touch, take hold of; to bind; to attack; to slap on, plaster; to play an instrument"

See aba daŋal tag[widen out the opening]V/t, al tag[unmng]V/t, daŋal tag[spread]V/t, eme tag[touch with language]V/t, ŋeš tag[make offerings]V/t, im sumur tag[plaster]V/t, ki tag[lay on the ground]V/t, kila tag[weigh]V/t, kiri šu tag[pay homage to]V/t, kušum ki tag[crawl]V/t, kušum tag[run fast]V/t, še tagtag[broadcast]V/t, šu daŋal tag[spread wide]V/t, šu tag[decorate]V/t, šu tag[touch]V/t, tug tag[plow?]V/t, zag tag[push away]V/t.

[1]	𒋳	tag
[2]	𒋳𒋳	tag-tag
[3]	𒋳𒂵	tag-ga
[4]	𒋫	ta
[5]	𒋫𒆤	ta-ke₄
[6]	𒋳𒂵𒄩	tag-ga^ku₆
[7]	𒋫𒀝	ta-ak
[8]	𒋫𒋫	ta-ta
[9]	𒋳𒋫	tag-ta
[10]	𒋾𒅁	ti-ib
[11]	𒋫𒀝𒋳	^ta-^agtag
[12]	𒊕	sag
[13]	𒋳X	tag+X
+	--ga=g.a (532x/45%); --ge=g+e (9x/1%); --ge=g.e (98x/8%); --ge₄=g.e (2x/0%); --ke=k.e (2x/0%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		12	117	1	13	17	413	319	82	4
[2]			3			2	50	66	8
[3]			3			2		35	6
[4]							3	4
[5]								4
[6]								1	2	1
[7]								2
[8]								1
[9]							1
[10]										1
[11]									1
[12]
[13]

251 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (12x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (123x/10%)

Ebla (1x/0%)

Old Akkadian (13x/1%)

Lagash II (21x/2%)

Ur III (467x/40%)

Old Babylonian (432x/37%)

Middle Assyrian (1x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (26x/2%)

Neo-Assyrian (51x/4%)

Neo-Babylonian (15x/1%)

Hellenistic (6x/1%)

Uncertain (1x/0%)

unknown (5x/0%)

Verbal prefixes: V ; V.V.n ; V.b ; V.i.n ; V.m ; V.m.da ; V.m.ta ; V.n ; V.n.ši.n ; V.ne.n ; V.ra.ni.n ; Vmma ; Vmma.b ; Vmma.i ; Vmma.i.n ; Vmma.n ; Vmma.ni ; Vmma.ni.b ; Vmma.ni.n ; al ; ba ; ba.V ; ba.V.ni ; ba.b ; ba.e.ni ; ba.i ; ba.i.b ; ba.i.n ; ba.n ; ba.n.da.b ; ba.ni ; ba.ni.n ; bara ; bara.ba.i ; ga.V.b ; ga.mu ; ga.mu.n ; ga.mu.na.b ; ga.mu.ni ; ha ; ha.V ; ha.V.na.b ; ha.V.ni ; ha.V.ra ; ha.V.ra.b ; ha.Vmma.i.n ; ha.ba ; ha.ba.i ; ha.ba.i.n ; ha.ba.ni ; ha.ba.ni.b ; ha.ba.ni.n ; ha.i.ne ; ha.mu.a.ni.b ; ha.mu.n.ši.b ; ha.mu.na.b ; ha.mu.na.i ; ha.mu.ra.b ; ha.mu.ra.ni.b ; ha.ra.b ; mu ; mu.e ; mu.i.b ; mu.n ; mu.na ; mu.na.b ; mu.na.n ; mu.na.ni ; mu.na.ni.b ; mu.ne ; mu.ni ; mu.ni.b ; mu.ni.n ; mu.ra ; mu.ra.b ; mu.ra.i.n ; mu.ra.n ; na.V.b ; na.V.m ; na.V.n ; na.V.na ; na.Vmma.i.n ; na.b ; na.mu.a ; na.mu.n ; nu ; nu.V.b ; nu.V.e ; nu.V.m ; nu.al ; nu.b ; nu.ba.i.n ; nu.ba.n ; nu.ba.na ; nu.mu.da.i.n ; nu.mu.n ; nu.mu.n.da.i.n ; u.V.b ; u.V.m ; u.Vmma ; u.Vmma.i ; u.Vmma.i.n ; u.Vmma.ni ; u.al ; u.ba.i ; u.mu.a.ni ; u.mu.e ; u.mu.ni ; u.na ; u.na.n ; u.ra.n ; x .

Senses:

1. to touch, take hold of (1152x/98%)

2. to bind (1x/0%)

3. to attack

4. to slap on, plaster (21x/2%)

5. to play an instrument

Akk. lapātu; rakāsu.

Bibliography

[2009] W. Heimpel, Workers 266-8; 272

[2004] P. Attinger and M. Krebernik, St Schretter .

[2001] M. Geller, ZA 91 236.

tag

= lapātum (Ea 05 57; AOAT 275, 246, BM 036386 r 18'; MSL 14, 143-144 22 i 19').

Lexical Associations

bâru[catch]V (// tag[touch])

tag = ba-a-rum (CT 19, pl. 17-19, K 04386+ o ii 25').

lapātu[touch]V (// tag[touch])

tag = la-pa-⸢tu⸣ (CT 19, pl. 48-49, K 00026 o ii 27').

tag = la-pa-tum (Ea 05 57; CUSAS 12, 1.1.1 o 14'; CTN 4, 232 r frg.b 38; CT 12, pl. 24, BM 038129 o i 55; MSL 03, 094 ST o i 9').

^ta-^agtag = la-pa-tum (CT 19, pl. 17-19, K 04386+ o i 40').

mahāṣu[beat]V ša[of]DET mimma[anything]XP (// tag[touch])

tag = ma-ḫa-ṣu ša₂ mim-ma (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 r ii 36).

salātu[slit]V (// tag[touch])

tag = sa-la-ṣu (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 r ii 37).

zaʾānu[be(come) adorned]V (// tag[touch])

tag = zu-ʾ-u-nu (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 r ii 34).

šiālu[coat]V (// tag[touch])

tag = ša₂-a-lum (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 r ii 38).

qēmu[flour]N mû[water]N laptu[touched]AJ (// x tag[touch])

[... tag]-ga = ⸢qi₂-im⸣ me-e ⸢lap-tum⸣ (K 04351 r ii 18').

qēmu[flour]N mû[water]N lā[not]MOD x (// x tag[touch])

[... nu-tag]-⸢ga⸣ = MIN<(qi₂-im)> me-e ⸢la^?⸣ [...] (K 04351 r ii 19').

ša[of]DET sikkatu[peg]N mahāṣu[beat]V (// x tag[touch])

ša[of]DET sikkatu[peg]N muhhuṣu[provided with fittings]AJ (// x tag[touch])

[...] tag^?-ga^!?^zabar = ša₂ sik^!?-ka-tu₂ muḫ-ḫu-ṣu (Ura 12 Seg.1, 40; BM 091010 r 6').

hadû[be(come) joyful]V (// eh[insect] tag[touch])

[eḫ^? tag] = ḫu-ta-ad-du-u₂ du-uš-ku-um-mar (KBo 26, 025 + KBo 01, 35 r ii 4').

hādidu[one who rustles]N (// eh[insect] tag[touch])

[eḫ^? tag-tag] = ḫa-di₃-du ID₂-aš a-la-li-ma-aš (KBo 26, 025 + KBo 01, 35 r ii 5').

nābu[insect eggs]N (// eh[insect] tag[touch])

eḫ tag-ga = na-a-bu (CT 19, pl. 05, K 04353 o ii 10).

pištu[abuse]N hatû[strike down]V (// in[abuse] tag[touch])

in tag = MIN<(pil-tum)> ḫa-tu-u₂ (CT 19, pl. 48-49, K 00026 r ii 8').

nūnu[fish]N tašrītu[beginning]N (// izi[fire] tag[touch])

izi tag-ga^ku₆ = MIN<(nun)> [tašrīti] (Ura 18 Seg.4, 7).

nūnu[fish]N x (// izi[fire] tag[touch])

⸢izi⸣ tag-ga⸢^ku₆⸣ = MIN<(nun)> [...] (LTBA 1, 85 o 9').

mašku[skin]N laptu[touched]AJ (// kuš[skin] tag[touch])

kuš al-tag-ga = maš-ku la-[ap-tu] (Emar 6/1, p. 257, Msk 74103b r ii 11').

mašku[skin]N lā[not]MOD laptu[touched]AJ (// kuš[skin] tag[touch])

kuš <nu>-al-tag-ga = maš-ku la-a ⸢MIN⸣<(la-[ap-tu])> (Emar 6/1, p. 257, Msk 74103b r ii 12').

laptu[touched]AJ šuhnu[heat]N (// lu[person] izi[fire] tag[touch])

lu₂ izi tag-ga = la-ap-tam šu-uḫ₂-nim^!(TIM) (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.2, 92).

sumkīnu[rot]N (// niŋ[thing] gul[destroy] tag[touch])

^urudniŋ₂ gul tag-ga = su-un-gi-in-[nu] (Ura 11 section 3, 116; BM 047673 o 6').

ummuru[(a kind of bronze)]N (// niŋ[thing] izi[fire] tag[touch])

^urudniŋ₂ izi tag-ga = um-mu-rum (Ura 11 section 3, 123; BM 047673 o 13').

šimtu[mark]N (// niŋ[thing] izi[fire] tag[touch])

^urudniŋ₂ izi tag-ga = šim-tum (Ura 11 section 3, 124; BM 047673 o 14').

sumkīnu[rot]N (// niŋul[everlasting] tag[touch])

^urudniŋ₂-ul tag-[ga] = [su-un]-⸢ki⸣-nu (BM 085983 r i 22).

mašhalu[(type of) sieve]N (// siga[vessel] tag[touch])

^dugsig₅ tag-ga = maš-ḫa-lu (N 2273+ o 20').

eqû[anoint]V ša[of]DET šammu[plant(s)]N (// u[grass] til[live] tag[touch])

[u₂] til₃-la tag-ga = MIN<(e-qu-u₂)> ša₂ šam-me (K 04341 i 10').

immeru[sheep]N kimahhu[grave]N laptu[touched]AJ (// udu[sheep] kimah[grave] tag[touch])

udu ki-maḫ tag-ga = MIN<(UDU)> MIN<(ki-ma-ḫu)> lap-tu (Ura 13 Seg.1, 136; Iraq 06, 175-176, 76 o iii 9).

immeru[sheep]N rapādu[(a disease of the joints?)]N laptu[touched]AJ (// udu[sheep] saʾadgal[disease] tag[touch])

⸢udu⸣ [sa-ad]-gal tag-ga = MIN<(im-me-ri)> MIN<(ra-pa-du)> lap-tu (CTMMA 2, 055 o ii 9).

udu [sa-ad]-gal tag-ga = MIN<(im-me-ri)> MIN<(ra-pa-du)> lap-tum (Ura 13 Seg.1, 62).

x laptu[touched]AJ (// udu[sheep] saʾadgal[disease] tag[touch])

[udu sa-ad]-⸢gal tag⸣-ga = [...] ⸢lap-tum⸣ (MSL 08/1, 005 E o i' 8').

ittu[sign]N lapātu[touch]V (// zib[mark] tag[touch])

zib₂-ŋu₁₀ i₃-tag-tag-ge = it-ta-tu-u₂-a u₂-la-pa-ta-ni-in-ni (PBS 05, 140 [OBGT XII] 19/20).

liptu[undertaking]N (// ŋeš[tree] tag[touch])

[ŋeš tag-ga] = li-ip-tum (SLT 003 r i 3).

šēpu[foot]N hamšu[snapped-off]AJ (// ŋiri[foot] tag[touch])

[ŋiri₃] tag = še-pu ḫa-mi-iš-tum (MB List of Diseases 109a; PBS 12, 13 r i 8').

References for all phrases

tag[touch]

tag = ⸢la⸣-pa-tum (MSL 14, 143-144 22 i 19').

tag = [...] (K 04341 ii 12'; AOAT 275, 246, BM 036386 r 18').

tag = ba-a-rum (CT 19, pl. 17-19, K 04386+ o ii 25').

tag = la-pa-⸢tu⸣ (CT 19, pl. 48-49, K 00026 o ii 27').

tag = la-pa-tum (Ea 05 57; CUSAS 12, 1.1.1 o 14'; CTN 4, 232 r frg.b 38; CT 12, pl. 24, BM 038129 o i 55; MSL 03, 094 ST o i 9').

^ta-^agtag = la-pa-tum (CT 19, pl. 17-19, K 04386+ o i 40').

tag = ma-ḫa-ṣu ša₂ mim-ma (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 r ii 36).

tag = sa-la-ṣu (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 r ii 37).

tag = zu-ʾ-u-nu (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 r ii 34).

tag = ša₂-a-lum (CT 11, pl. 29-32, DT 040 r ii 38).

x tag[touch]

[... tag]-⸢ga⸣ = ⸢x x⸣ [...] (K 04351 r ii 20').

[... tag]-ga = ⸢qi₂-im⸣ me-e ⸢lap-tum⸣ (K 04351 r ii 18').

[... nu-tag]-⸢ga⸣ = MIN<(qi₂-im)> me-e ⸢la^?⸣ [...] (K 04351 r ii 19').

[...] tag^?-ga^!?^zabar = ša₂ sik^!?-ka-tu₂ muḫ-ḫu-ṣu (Ura 12 Seg.1, 40; BM 091010 r 6').

absin[furrow] gud[ox] tag[touch]

⸢ab⸣-sin₂ gud tag (TMH 8, 42 o 6').

anur[horizon] su[red] tag[touch]

[an-ur₂ su₄ nu]-tag-ga (MSL 13, 13 J, 14 R r i 13').

an-ur₂-⸢e^? su₄^!(LAGAR^g) nu-um^?-⸢tag-ga⸣-ta (OrNS 70, 210-211 r iii 23).

anur[horizon] usan[evening] tag[touch]

an-ur₂ u₂-su₄ nu-tag-ga (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 24).

bar[outside] tag[touch]

[^gi]⸢bar⸣ tag = [EŠ₅^?] (HS 1928 + HS 1929 r i 38).

eh[insect] tag[touch]

⸢eḫ⸣ tag-ga (OrNS 70, 210-211 r i 10).

eḫ^!(ḪI×AŠ₂) tag-ge (CUNES 51-07-087 o 1, r 1; OB Nippur Lu 741).

[u₄]-⸢uḫ⸣-ḫu tag-⸢ga⸣ (KUB 37, 147 + KBo 26, 032 + (?) KUB 03, 108 (+) VBoT 80 r frg.1 2', r frg.1 3').

[eḫ^? tag] = ḫu-ta-ad-du-u₂ du-uš-ku-um-mar (KBo 26, 025 + KBo 01, 35 r ii 4').

[eḫ^? tag-tag] = ḫa-di₃-du ID₂-aš a-la-li-ma-aš (KBo 26, 025 + KBo 01, 35 r ii 5').

eḫ tag-ga = na-a-bu (CT 19, pl. 05, K 04353 o ii 10).

illar[weapon] tag[touch]

^ŋeš⸢illar⸣ tag-⸢ga^?⸣ (CUSAS 12, 3.1.13 r i 5).

in[abuse] tag[touch]

in tag = MIN<(pil-tum)> ḫa-tu-u₂ (CT 19, pl. 48-49, K 00026 r ii 8').

izi[fire] tag[touch]

izi tag-ga^ku₆ (UET 7, 092 vi 15').

izi tag-ga⸢^ku₆⸣ = [...] (LTBA 1, 59 o i' 7').

izi tag-ga^ku₆ = MIN<(nun)> [tašrīti] (Ura 18 Seg.4, 7).

⸢izi⸣ tag-ga⸢^ku₆⸣ = MIN<(nun)> [...] (LTBA 1, 85 o 9').

kuš[skin] tag[touch]

⸢kuš⸣ al-tag-⸢ga⸣ (Emar 6/2, p. 571-574, Msk 74247 o ii 17; Emar 6/1, p. 264-265, Msk 74105a o ii 15).

⸢kuš⸣ nu-al-tag-⸢ga⸣ (Emar 6/2, p. 571-574, Msk 74247 o ii 18; Emar 6/1, p. 264-265, Msk 74105a o ii 16).

kuš al-tag-ga = maš-ku la-[ap-tu] (Emar 6/1, p. 257, Msk 74103b r ii 11').

kuš <nu>-al-tag-ga = maš-ku la-a ⸢MIN⸣<(la-[ap-tu])> (Emar 6/1, p. 257, Msk 74103b r ii 12').

lu[person] barag[sack] tag[touch]

lu₂ barag tag-tag (NBC 09830 r ii 12).

lu[person] izi[fire] tag[touch]

lu₂ izi tag-ga = la-ap-tam šu-uḫ₂-nim^!(TIM) (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.2, 92).

lu[person] niŋ[thing] tag[touch]

lu₂ niŋ₂ tag-tag (NBC 09830 r ii 11; MSL SS 1, p. 07 A o iv' 32).

lu[person] u[grass] tag[touch]

lu₂ u₂ tag-tag (NBC 09830 r ii 10; MSL SS 1, p. 07 A o iv' 31).

lu[person] šu[hand] bar[outside] tag[touch]

lu₂ šu bar ⸢tag-ga⸣ = na-⸢ka⸣-rum (MSL 12, 157 A 412).

niŋ[thing] gul[destroy] tag[touch]

^urudniŋ₂ gul ⸢tag⸣-[ga] = [...] (BM 033426 r i' 17').

^urudniŋ₂ gul tag-ga = su-un-gi-in-[nu] (Ura 11 section 3, 116; BM 047673 o 6').

niŋ[thing] izi[fire] tag[touch]

^urudniŋ₂ izi tag-[ga] = [...] (SpTU 1, 123 r 7', r 8'; BaM 10, 129 W 23830d r i' frg.b 3', r i' frg.b 4').

^urudniŋ₂ izi tag-ga = um-mu-rum (Ura 11 section 3, 123; BM 047673 o 13').

^urudniŋ₂ izi tag-ga = šim-tum (Ura 11 section 3, 124; BM 047673 o 14').

niŋ[thing] x tag[touch]

[^urud]⸢niŋ₂ x^? tag-ga⸣ = [...] (LTBA 1, 33 r ii 46).

niŋ[thing] |U+GA| tag[touch]

niŋ₂ U+GA tag-ga (Nippur Nigga 108).

niŋul[everlasting] tag[touch]

^urudniŋ₂-ul tag-ga (OB Nippur Ura 2 520).

^urudniŋ₂-ul tag-⸢ga⸣ (BM 085983 r i 23).

^urudniŋ₂-ul tag-[ga] = [su-un]-⸢ki⸣-nu (BM 085983 r i 22).

pa[branch] tag[touch]

^ŋešpa tag-ga (CUNES 48-09-172 r 2).

siga[vessel] tag[touch]

^dugsig₅ tag-ga = NI (N 2273+ o 19').

^dugsig₅ tag-ga = maš-ḫa-lu (N 2273+ o 20').

u[grass] til[live] tag[touch]

[u₂] til₃-la tag-ga = MIN<(e-qu-u₂)> ša₂ šam-me (K 04341 i 10').

ud[sun] tag[touch]

[ud a]-⸢tag^?⸣ (Ist Ni 10003 o 16).

ud-a tag (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 226).

udu[sheep] kimah[grave] tag[touch]

udu ki-maḫ tag-ga = MIN<(UDU)> MIN<(ki-ma-ḫu)> lap-tu (Ura 13 Seg.1, 136; Iraq 06, 175-176, 76 o iii 9).

udu[sheep] saʾadgal[disease] tag[touch]

⸢udu⸣ [sa-ad]-gal tag-ga = MIN<(im-me-ri)> MIN<(ra-pa-du)> lap-tu (CTMMA 2, 055 o ii 9).

udu [sa-ad]-gal tag-ga = MIN<(im-me-ri)> MIN<(ra-pa-du)> lap-tum (Ura 13 Seg.1, 62).

[udu sa-ad]-⸢gal tag⸣-ga = [...] ⸢lap-tum⸣ (MSL 08/1, 005 E o i' 8').

umun[blood] tag[touch]

u₃-mu-un ⸢tag⸣-ge (CUNES 51-07-087 o 3, r 3).

uzu[flesh] hal[thigh] tag[touch]

uzu ḫal tag = [...] (Ura 15 Seg.3, 8; MSL 09, 005 S17 o? 8).

uzu[flesh] izi[fire] tag[touch]

uzu izi tag-ga = [...] (CT 19, pl. 22-23, Rm 0344 o ii' 5').

zib[mark] tag[touch]

zib₂-ŋu₁₀ i₃-tag-tag-ge = it-ta-tu-u₂-a u₂-la-pa-ta-ni-in-ni (PBS 05, 140 [OBGT XII] 19/20).

ŋeš[tree] tag[touch]

ŋeš tag-ga (OB Nippur Kagal 527).

[ŋeš tag-ga] = li-ip-tum (SLT 003 r i 3).

ŋešnimbar[palm] eh[insect] tag[touch]

^ŋešŋešnimbar eḫ^!(ḪI×ḪAL) tag-ga (Emar 6/1, p. 105-109, Msk 731030 o iii 46).

ŋešnimbar[palm] uhin[date] eh[insect] tag[touch]

[^ŋeš]⸢ŋešnimbar MIN⸣<(u₄-ḫi-in)> ⸢eḫ tag^?⸣-[ga] = [...] (Iraq 06, 42 o i' 1').

ŋiri[foot] tag[touch]

[ŋiri₃] tag = še-pu ḫa-mi-iš-tum (MB List of Diseases 109a; PBS 12, 13 r i 8').

ŋirigub[footstool] tag[touch]

^ŋešŋir₃-gub tag-tag (Education in the Earliest Schools no. 019 r ii 44).

še[barley] izi[fire] tag[touch]

[še] izi tag-ga (MSL 11, 112 D1 r ii 2).

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