𒃲

𒃲

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

Translingual

Cuneiform sign

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

Derived signs

• 𒀍
• 𒈗

 

References

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

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Akkadian

Etymology

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

Sign values

Sign	𒃲
Sumerograms	GAL
Phonetic values	gal/qal, kal₂

Logogram

𒃲 • (GAL)

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

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Hittite

𒃲	The cuneiform font displayed by default does not accurately represent the Hittite script. Please download and install Hittite fonts from www.hethport.uni-wuerzburg.de.

Symbol

𒃲 • (GAL)

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

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Sumerian

Noun

𒃲 • (gal)

1. a large cup

Etymology 2

Alternative forms of /gal/
𒄖𒌌 (gu-ul)

Adjective

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

𒃲 • (gal)

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

Derived terms

• 𒀍 (irigal)
• 𒂍𒃲 (e₂-gal /ēgal/)
• 𒃲𒁔 (ušumgal)
• 𒈗 (lugal)
• 𒊹𒃲 (šar₂-gal /šargal/)

 

References

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