nakkaptum

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Akkadian

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Root
n-k-p
1 term

Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *nakap-at- (temple, cheek-bone). Cognate with Arabic نَكَفَة (nakafa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nakkaptum f (dual nakkaptān, plural nakkapātum) (Babylonian)

  1.  temple, brow

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References

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  • “nakkaptu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “nakkaptu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag