ḫammu I
21. Grandfather, forefather
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) PN š[agg]um maḫr⸢û⸣ ṣalam ḫa-am-mi-im u darkātīka issuḫma JA 307, 16: 5 ARCHIBAB “PN, the former high-priest, has removed the statue of the forefather and your descendants”.
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) panānūm abūšu u ḫa-am-ma-šu ṭēmšunu ana bītim anîm ul ugammerūnim ARM 26/2, 449: 18 ARCHIBAB “in the past, his father and his grandfather did not complete their report concerning this house”.
12. In literature
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts am-ma-a-áš šamnam iprusū īpušū ⸢ik⸣[kibam] PBS 1/1, 2 ii 11 AKKPM “his forebears divided the oil, they committed a t[aboo]”. Uncertain; the interpretation as dual of ammu follows Lambert 1989, 326 and Lenzi in AKKPM, but note that the dual should be construed with fem. pl. verbal forms. Lambert’s suggestion to understand the term as “parents” is not followed here. Cf. AHw. 1543: am-ma-a-áš = am-mat(i) “bis wann”?
Discussion
ammu I (“people”) and ḫammu “family head” are taken to be one lemma following Streck 2000, 92f.