kaltu

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Variant: keltu (?), kiltu (?)
Meanings:
rival, opponent, pretender to the throne
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
6Attestations

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ša PN ward[ī] [ana k]a-de-e-im ana ka-al-ti -{TI-} ia [tatt]anaššēʾam u anāku mār PN₂ [waradka] ša inanna maḫrija ⸢waš⸣bu [ana k]a-al-te-ka ul attanaššī[ku]m] Fs. Larsen, 100 no. A.1215: 45, 48 ARCHIBAB “(what? Is it acceptable) that you should ceaselessly promote my servant PN against me as my kadû (and) my rival, while I should not keep promoting against you as your rival the son of PN₂, your servant, who now stays with me?” Transl. Sasson 2007, 455 no. 9, cf. Charpin/Durand 2004, who take kadû to mean “protect” or the like, cf. kīdūtu. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ana ka-al-ti-ia šiprī i[št]anappa[r] u daʾatī ul iš[â]l ARM 26/2, 312: 23 ARCHIBAB “he keeps sending messengers to my rival but does not care about me”. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) PN maḫar bēlij[a ikš]udanni [umm]ami lúki-il-ti ittī P[N₂ wa]šib ARM 28, 53: 8, 13 ARCHIBAB “PN [cam]e to me before my lord, saying: 'My rival [st]ays with PN₂'. I thus answered him before my lord: '[Cer]tainly my lord will give those men to you'. And my [lo]rd thus said to PN: '[...] I will return your brothers to you'. Hopefully [my lord(?)] will [...] those rivals”. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [a]mmīnim ki-il-ti ina GN wašib ARM 28, 115: 36 ARCHIBAB “why is my rival staying in GN?” new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) sarrar[u … š]a ittī ki-il-ti-[ia] ana qaqqadija leqîm ⸢illi⸣kūnim RATL, 112: 6 ARCHIBAB “the bandits (…) who came with my rival to take my head”. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [DUMU ka-a]l-ti-im ARM 26/2, 377: 30 ARCHIBAB. Uncertain. new

Discussion

See Charpin/Durand 2004; Sasson 2007, 455ff.; Lion 2004, 219f.; Durand 2004, 183 fn. 388.

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