tarbāṣum

Akkadian

Root
r-b-ṣ
1 term

Etymology

From 𒈿 (rabāṣum, “to lie down, rest; to keep possession of”). Compare مَرْبِض (marbiḍ) and רֵבֶץ (rébɛṣ, “lair, fold (for animals)”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /tarˈbaː.sˤum/

Noun

tarbāṣum m (plural tarbāṣātum f) (from Old Babylonian on)

1. pen (for cattle), animal stall, enclosure, courtyard
2. halo
3. (extispicy) name of a feature on the liver

Alternative forms

• tarbāṣu (non-mimated)
• tarbaṣum, tarbaṣu

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒉣𒇬 (TUR₃)	𒋻𒁀𒍮 (tar-ba-ṣum) 𒋻𒁀𒍪 (tar-ba-ṣu₂) 𒋻𒁀𒍮 (tar-ba-ṣu)

References

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