Šabāṭum
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Akkadian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Spelt with 𒌚 (ITI, “month”) and 𒀾 (ZIZ₂, “emmer”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ʃaˈbaː.tˤum/
Proper noun
[edit]Šabāṭum ? (Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian)
- Šabāṭu, the eleventh month of the Babylonian calendar
- 𒌚𒀾 𒌚 𒁕𒀀𒁍𒌝 𒋗𒌑
- ITI.ZIZ₂ ITI ṭa-a-bu-um šu-u₂
- /Šabāṭum warḫum ṭābum šū/
- Šabāṭum is a favorable month
Alternative forms
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Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “Šabāṭu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
Further reading
[edit]- Babylonian calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia