In several contexts the Apkallu are seven demigods, sometimes described as part man and part fish or bird, associated with human wisdom; these creatures are often referred to in scholarly literature as the Seven Sages. Sometimes the sages are associated with a specific primeval king.

2015年8月12日 · “There are known three lists of apkallus, two cuneiform and the one in Berossos. The first known cuneiform list of seven apkallus was published by E. Reiner in 1961, and then reedited with new pieces added by R. Borger in 1974.

阿普卡魯 （Apkallu）或稱 阿布葛 （蘇美語： Abgal）是 美索不達米亞 神話的七位智者和仙人，授予人類智慧， 阿達帕 是其中之一。 在部分文獻中，他們被描述為半神，呈現上半身是人、下半身是魚的 半魚人 之姿。

2022年1月11日 · A list of apkallu, intended as divine sages who counseled the king, appears on the Uruk List of Kings and Sages dating to the 2nd century BC. The first seven sages listed were associated with kings whom they were thought to have advised.

2019年3月27日 · The seven Apkallu were Antediluvian demigods and sages created by the God Enki. They emerged from the water Abzu, the Ocean of Wisdom, known as the primeval sea below the void space of the underworld (Kur) and the earth (Ma) above.

Text The cuneiform lists of seven sages (apkallu) present different names in different order. Adapa is a short form of the name of the first primary sage, whose full name was Uanadapa. U-An is another short form of the name. His figure equals Oannes as the first sage in Berossus account.

Apkallū: the mythological seven "wise men" who were the teachers of humankind. In ancient Mesopotamian myth, it was believed that the gods created humankind to cultivate the soil and make sure that the gods - by means of sacrifice - would receive their meals.

2018年7月29日 · In the Mesopotamian king and sage lists, the apkallu occur in the pre-flood era, and in some texts for a limited time after the flood. In general, however, the pre-flood sages are called apkallu and their traditional number is seven, …

Apkallu (Akkadian) and Abgal (Sumerian) are terms found in Mesopotamian inscriptions that in general mean either "wise" or "sage." these Sages are found in the "Uruk List of Kings and Sages" (165 BC) discovered in 1959 in the Seleucid era temple of Anu in Bit Res; the text consisted of list of seven kings and their associated sages, followed by ...

2015年9月15日 · In Neo-Assyrian art these bird-headed “genies,” as they were long described, are now known to be apkallu, “bird-apkallu,” mixed-feature exorcists and creatures of protection created by the god Ea.