ubila [CHARCOAL] N (155x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian wr. ^ŋešu₂-bil₂-la; ^ŋešu₂-bil₃-la; u₂-bil; ^ŋešu₂-bil₂; ^ŋešu₂-bil₂-la₂; ^ŋešu₂-bi₂-la; ^ŋešu₂-bil; ^ŋešu₂-bil₂-a; u₂-bil₂; u₂-bil₂-la; u₅-bil₂-la₂; ^ŋešu₂-bil₃; ^na₄u₂-bil₂; ^ŋešu₂-bil-la₂; ^ŋešu₃-bil-la₂; ubilla; ubilla₂ "charcoal wood"

[1]	𒄑𒌑𒉋𒆷	^ŋešu₂-bil₂-la
[2]	𒄑𒌑𒄑𒉋𒆷	^ŋešu₂-bil₃-la
[3]	𒌑𒉈	u₂-bil
[4]	𒄑𒌑𒉋	^ŋešu₂-bil₂
[5]	𒄑𒌑𒉋𒇲	^ŋešu₂-bil₂-la₂
[6]	𒄑𒌑𒉈𒆷	^ŋešu₂-bi₂-la
[7]	𒄑𒌑𒉈	^ŋešu₂-bil
[8]	𒄑𒌑𒉋𒀀	^ŋešu₂-bil₂-a
[9]	𒌑𒉋	u₂-bil₂
[10]	𒌑𒉋𒆷	u₂-bil₂-la
[11]	𒄷𒋛𒉋𒇲	u₅-bil₂-la₂
[12]	𒄑𒌑𒄑𒉋	^ŋešu₂-bil₃
[13]	𒎎𒌑𒉋	^na₄u₂-bil₂
[14]	𒄑𒌑𒉈𒇲	^ŋešu₂-bil-la₂
[15]	𒄑𒅇𒉈𒇲	^ŋešu₃-bil-la₂
[16]	𒄑𒉋	ubilla
[17]	𒄑𒈪	ubilla₂

	ED IIIb	OAkk	Ur III	OB	Post-OB
[1]	22		61
[2]	20
[3]	16
[4]	2		7
[5]			6
[6]			4
[7]			3
[8]			3
[9]		1	1
[10]			2
[11]					2
[12]	2
[13]				1
[14]				1
[15]			1
[16]
[17]

20 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (62x/40%)

Old Akkadian (1x/1%)

Ur III (88x/57%)

Old Babylonian (2x/1%)

Middle Babylonian (2x/1%)

Senses:

1. charcoal wood (155x/100%)

Akk. upillû.

Bibliography

[2009] W. Heimpel, Workers 198; 206-9.

Lexical Associations

illūru[(a flower)]N (// ubila[charcoal])

⸢u₅⸣-bil₂-[la₂] = ⸢il⸣-lu-ur-rum (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a r iii 54).

upellû[charcoal]N (// ubila[charcoal])

u₅-⸢bil₂⸣-[la₂] = ⸢u₂⸣-pel₂-lu-u (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a r iii 53).

References for all phrases

ubila[charcoal]

^na₄u₂-⸢bil₂⸣ (CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 b ii 14).

⸢^ŋeš⸣u₂-bil-la₂ (CUSAS 12, 3.1.1 c ii 50).