Kalibum
Appearance
KalibumofKishwas the seventhSumerianking in the First Dynasty of Kish, according to theSumerian king list.[1]This name is written "Ga-lí-bu-um... normalized asKalibum",and is believed to be derived from the Akkadian for 'hound'.[2]Kalibum is unlikely to have existed as his name does not appear on texts dating from the period in which he was presumed to have lived (Early Dynastic period).[3]
References[edit]
- ^Thorkild Jacobsen,The Sumerian King List(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1939), pp. 78f
- ^Ran Zadok:The Pre-hellenistic-Israelite Anthroponymy and Prosopography.Peeters Publishers, 1988. p. 101
- ^Marchesi, Gianni (2010)."The Sumerian King List and the Early History of Mesopotamia".M. G. Biga - M. Liverani (eds.), ana turri gimilli: Studi dedicati al Padre Werner R. Mayer, S. J., da amici e allievi (Vicino Oriente - Quaderno 5; Roma):231–248.