kammu I
REVIEW
Meanings:
written tablet; (a literary composition)
de:German: Deutsch Schrifttafel; (eine literarische Komposition)
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE), LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE)
Domain: Writing; documents and their parts
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Logogram: KÀM
Etymology: Borrowed ＜ Sum.Sumerian kam see ePSD2.
1 Lexical
OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (ka-am ) = ḪIxBAD = ka-am-mu-⸢um⸣ Karpeles 1 ii 33 (Aa) DCCLT “( kam is the pronunciation of the sign) ḪIxBAD (meaning) writing board”. new
2Further Attestations
MB-LitMB-Lit: Middle Babylonian literary texts kam-ma-am ul ＜i＞ṣabba[t] Alster 1997 1, 289 no. N 3395 r. 15 “he does not grasp the tablet”. (the corresponding Sumerian proverb is mostly broken).
NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 3 kam-ma-a-ni SAA 7, 49 i 4 eBL. (inventory of tablets and writing boards). new
Discussion
For the M/NA refs. for metal “platelets” given in AHw., see kammu III.