abgal [SAGE] N (125x) Early Dynastic I-II, Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Ebla, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic wr. abgal; abgal₂; ab₂-gal; abgalₓ(NUN.ME.KA×ME); abgal^ab-^gal; ^lu₂abgal "sage; priest; a profession"

[1]	𒉣𒈨	abgal
[2]	𒉣𒈨𒅤	abgal₂
[3]	𒀖𒃲	ab₂-gal
[4]	𒉣𒈨𒅴𒉣𒈨𒅴	abgalₓ(NUN.ME.KA×ME)
[5]	𒉣𒈨𒀊𒃲	abgal^ab-^gal
[6]	𒇽𒉣𒈨	^lu₂ abgal
+	--le=l.e (4x/3%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]	1	51	6	1			7	29	4
[2]			18			1
[3]						3
[4]			2
[5]									1
[6]									1

14 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic I-II (1x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIa (51x/41%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (26x/21%)

Ebla (1x/1%)

Lagash II (4x/3%)

Ur III (7x/6%)

Old Babylonian (29x/23%)

Neo-Assyrian (1x/1%)

Neo-Babylonian (3x/2%)

Hellenistic (2x/2%)

Senses:

1. sage (103x/82%)

2. priest (2x/2%)

3. a profession (20x/16%)

Akk. apkallu.

Bibliography

[2017] P. Steinkeller, SANER 15 65-66.

[2007] D. Foxvog, NABU 2007/67.

Lexical Associations

apkallu[wise man]N (// abgal[sage])

abgal = ap-[kal-lum] (OB Nippur Diri Seg.3, 5; OECT 04, 152 d i 11; MSL 15, 008 J r 5; TCL 06, 35 o i 7).

mukkallu[(a priest or scholar)]N (// abgal[sage])

abgal^ab-^gal = mu-kal-[lum^?] (SpTU 4, 188 i 7).

References for all phrases

abgal[sage]

abgal (ED Lu A 15; OB Nippur Lu 247).

^lu₂abgal (MSL SS 1, 066 r i 1).

abgal = ap-[kal-lum] (OB Nippur Diri Seg.3, 5; OECT 04, 152 d i 11; MSL 15, 008 J r 5; TCL 06, 35 o i 7).

abgal^ab-^gal = mu-kal-[lum^?] (SpTU 4, 188 i 7).

abgal[sage] |KA×GAN₂@t|

abgal KA×GAN₂^t (ED Lu A 52).

abgal[sage] ŋalga[forethought]

abgal GA₂×GAR (ED Lu A 54).

ki[place] abgal[sage]

ki abgal (ED Word List F 134).

lu[person] abgal[sage] x

⸢lu₂ abgal⸣ x (MSL SS 1, p. 07 A o iv' 18).

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