galamah [SINGER]

(98 instances)

galamah [SINGER] (98x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. gala-mah "chief lament singer" Akk. galamahhu

[1] cuneiform |UŠ.KU|.MAH gala-mah
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3 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. chief lament singer (98x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur gala-mah OB Nippur Lu 654. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu gala-mah-kam VS 14, 093 r iv 11; kiri6 gala-mah VS 14, 100 o i 2; gala-mah gir2-suki VS 14, 137 o ii 6. ELA/ED IIIb/Umma 1(eše3@c) 3-bar gala-mah# RGK 20050520n r iii 11; 1(eše3@c) 1/2(iku@c) GAN2 u2-rum gala-mah RGK 20050520n r iv 4. ELA/ED IIIb/unknown gala-mah Nik 1, 105 r i 3. ELA/Old Akkadian/Adab [1(aš)?] gala-mah [...] Adab 0660 o ii 3. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu 1(aš@c) guruš zah3 gala-mah CT 50, 107 10. ELA/Old Akkadian/Lagash 1(aš@c) lu2# gala#-mah BM 026331 10. ELA/Old Akkadian/unknown gala-mah MAD 5, 107 1. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 1(diš) sila4 be6-bu-ru gala-mah Amorites 18 (pl.7) r ii 9; ur-ad-gi4-gi4 gala-mah iri-sa12-rig7ki Amorites 18 (pl.7) r iii 14; gala-mah AUCT 3, 237 ii 1. ELA/Ur III/Girsu giri3 lu2-giri17-zal gala-mah Amherst 065 1; giri3 dutu-bar-ra gala-mah HLC 023 (pl. 062) r i 4; giri3 dutu-bar-ra gala-mah HLC 023 (pl. 062) r i 23. ELA/Ur III/Umma gala-mah AnOr 07, 303 r i 4; 4(diš) 1/2(diš) sila3 gala-mah BIN 05, 042 4; 1(u) 3(diš) gin2 gala-mah MVN 04, 136 6; 1(u) 1(barig) 3(ban2)* inim*-dinanna* dumu gala-mah OrSP 47-49, 500 r ii 22; gala-mah Syracuse 422 10; gala-mah Syracuse 424 4; 3(u) gur gala-mah TCL 5, 6050 o ii 16. ELA/Ur III/Ur gala-mah UET 3, 1120 8; gala-mah UET 3, 1798 3. ELA/Ur III/unknown gala-mah RA 79 17 20 21-23 3 2. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu gala-mah gir2-su DP 132 r iv 6; [dam] gala-mah lagaški DP 132 o ii 7; gala-mah ninaki DP 132 o vi 1. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown gala-mah gir2-suki TSA 02 r i 9; gala-mah TSA 05 r v 7; gala-mah ninaki TSA 05 o ii 11; gala-mah lagaški TSA 05 r iii 1; gala-mah TSA 07 r i 18; ka2 gala-mah-ka i3-tuš ITT 5, 09232 r i 3. unknown/Ur III/Drehem be-bu-ru gala-mah YOS 18, 008 2. unknown/Ur III/Girsu 1(barig) gala-mah ASJ 13, 234 76 r ii 8; [...] gala#-mah ASJ 13, 234 76 r iii 6; nig2-ba gala-mah dba-ba6 BM Messenger 209 2. unknown/Ur III/Nippur 1(ban2) gala-mah BBVO 11, 285, 6N-T451 o i 8. unknown/Ur III/Umma 2(diš) sila3 lu2 da-da gala-mah Hirose 321 1; gala-mah LÕuomo 59 r i 11; gala-mah ummaki MVN 16, 0683 1; gala-mah zabala3ki MVN 16, 0683 3; giri3 gala-mah SAT 2, 1139 7; gala#-mah SANTAG 6, 044 5; 3(diš) maš2 gu4 dumu gala-mah zabala3ki SANTAG 6, 378 6. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown dišdsuen-e-ri-ba-am gala-mah YOS 12, 297 22.

Akk. galamahhu "chief lamentation-priest".

[1995] G. Visicato, Bureaucracy of Fara 105-108.


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