kalam [LAND] N (1000x) Early Dynastic I-II, Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. kalam; kalam-ma; ka-la-am; ka-la; ka-na-ma; kalam-ma^ki; ^kakalam "the Land (of Sumer); land"

[1]	𒌦	kalam
[2]	𒌦𒈠	kalam-ma
[3]	𒅗𒆷𒄠	ka-la-am
[4]	𒅗𒆷	ka-la
[5]	𒅗𒈾𒈠	ka-na-ma
[6]	𒌦𒈠𒆠	kalam-ma^ki
[7]	𒅗𒌦	^kakalam
+	--ma=m+a (2x/0%); --ma=m.a (775x/78%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]	1	11	22		9	28	92	755	56	5
[2]			2		1	1	6	2	1
[3]								4
[4]									1
[5]								1
[6]								1
[7]								1

53 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic I-II (1x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIa (11x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (24x/2%)

Old Akkadian (10x/1%)

Lagash II (29x/3%)

Ur III (98x/10%)

Old Babylonian (764x/76%)

Middle Assyrian (2x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (6x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (33x/3%)

Neo-Babylonian (11x/1%)

Persian (1x/0%)

Hellenistic (5x/1%)

unknown (5x/1%)

Senses:

1. the Land (of Sumer) (782x/78%)

2. land (218x/22%)

Akk. mātu.

Word ID: o0031548; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0031548; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)