nakkaptum

Akkadian

Root
n-k-p
1 term

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nakkaptum

𒄢𒄢𒈝 (gulgullum)

𒌋𒅗 (muḫḫum)

𒅆 (īnum)

𒅗 (appum)

𒅗 (pûm)

𒋢𒊌𒌈 (suqtum)

isum

𒉿 (uznum)

𒊕𒆠 (nakkaptum)

𒍣 (napištum)

𒄘 (kišādum)

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pagrum

𒇿 (pagrum)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /nakˈkap.tum/

Noun

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

1.  temple, brow

Alternative forms

• nakkaptu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒊕𒆠 (SAG.KI)	𒅘𒆏𒌈 (nak-kap-tum) 𒅘𒆏𒌅 (nak-kap-tu) 𒅘𒆏𒌓 (nak-kap-tu₂)

References

• “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, via the electronic Babylonian Library