abgal [SAGE]

abgal [SAGE] (32x: ED IIIb, Old Babylonian) wr. abgal₂; abgal "sage; priest" Akk. apkallu

[1]		abgal₂
[2]		abgal
+	-0 (31x/97%); -le (1x/3%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		15		1
[2]		3	2	9

10 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. sage (32x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIa/unknown abgal ED Lu A 15; abgal KA×KAR₂ ED Lu A 52; abgal GA₂×GAR ED Lu A 54. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur abgal(NUN.ME) OB Nippur Lu 247; [[abgal]] = = NUN.ME = ap-[kal]-lum^# OB Diri Nippur Seg.3, 5. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown [[abgal]] = = NUN.ME = ap-kal-lum OB Diri "Oxford" 356. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu abgal₂ VS 14, 105 o i 4; abgal₂ VS 14, 180 o ii 1; 1(barig@c) 3(ban₂@c) abgal₂ ^dnanše VS 25, 078 o ii 2; abgal₂^# VS 27, 078 o i 5. ELA/ED IIIb/unknown abgal₂ Nik 1, 254 o i 4. ELA/Ur III/Drehem mu-DU lu₂-^dnanna abgal OIP 121, 352 3. ELA/Ur III/Ur nig₂-gu₇-a i₃-erin guruš [x]-ba erin₂ gal-gal a-ša₃ abgal-ta e-ra-ne UET 3, 1427 1. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu abgal₂ DP 178 o i 2; abgal₂ DP 179 o i 2; abgal₂ ^dnanše DP 180 o i 2. unknown/ED IIIb/Lagash abgal-le šu bi-ak BiMes 03, 31 iii 5.

2. priest

Akk. apkallu "wise man, expert".

See ETCSL: abgal=sage.

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