bibbulum

Akkadian

Root
w-b-l
2 terms

𒌓𒈿𒀀𒀭 (bibbulum)

𒀭𒂗𒍪 𒄿𒈾 𒌓 𒁉𒁍𒇷𒅎 (Sîn ina ūmi bibbulim)

Etymology

From 𒁀𒁀𒈝 (babālum, “to bring, transport, carry”). Compare Biblical Hebrew מַבּוּל (mabbúl).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈbib.bu.lum/

Noun

bibbulum m (from Old Babylonian on)

1.  flood

   Synonym: 𒀀𒈠𒊒 (abūbum)

2. day of the disappearance of the moon (the 28th or 29th of the month)

Alternative forms

• bibbulu (non-mimated)
• bubbulum, bubbulu, bumbulum, bumbulu (Middle Babylonian, Standard Babylonian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒌓𒈿𒀀𒀭 (U₄.NA₂.AM₃, UD.NA₂.AM₃) 𒌓𒈿𒀀 (U₄.NA₂.A, UD.NA₂.A)	𒁉𒅁𒁍𒈝 (bi-ib-bu-lum) 𒁉𒁍𒈝 (bi-bu-lum) 𒁍𒌒𒁍𒈝 (bu-ub-bu-lum) 𒁍𒌒𒁍𒇻 (bu-ub-bu-lu) 𒁍𒌝𒁍𒇻 (bu-um-bu-lu)

References

• “bubbulu”, 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) “bibbulu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag