kalbu
1 Lexical
11. As epithet or nickanme
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) kunuk PN kà-al-bi₄-im AKT 6b, 492: 5 “seal of PN, the 'dog'”. Referring to the same person also in kt m/k 148: 18 (Hecker 2004, 65), kt c/k 515: 8 and 678: 2 (court. J. G. Dercksen). new
12. In self-deprecation formulas
NBNB: Neo Babylonian (ca. 1000–626 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) anāku kal-bi pāliḫi SAA 18, 71 r. 13 SAAo “I am (but) a fearful dog”. new
23. In magic
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) zappi UR.GI₇ ṣalmi Sakikkû XXVIII 4 “a tuft of hair from a black dog”. Corresponds to 11–13 in Heeßel 2000. The reading of zapₓ (ka) -pi follows Stol 1993, 84. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šārat zibbat UR.GI₇ (|| UR) ṣalmi Sakikkû XXVIII 4 “the hair of the tail of a black dog”. Corresponds to 11–13 in Heeßel 2000. new
14. In ša kalbi "dog handler"
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ša UR.GI₇ MesCiv. 7, 11 iii 131 “dog handler”. In list of professions, preceded by ša nērebim “ferryman”. For additional references for ša kalbi/ī cf. Sjöberg 1996, 135. new
25. Further Attestations
MB-LitMB-Lit: Middle Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ⸢dīn⸣ UR.GI₇ t[ad]īn DAAM 2, 6: 9' SEAL “you (scil. Šamaš) have judged the dog(, you have judged the pig)”. Cf. CTH 372: 36f. || CTH 374: 23f. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ka-lab-dKIN.SIG Fs. Lambert, 169 no. 15: 22. Perhaps an insect. new