kanīkum
Akkadian
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Etymology
From the verb kanākum (“to seal”).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /kaˈniː.kum/
Noun
kanīkum m or f (plural kanīkū m or kanīkātum f)
- sealed document
- (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian) purchase document, receipt
- (Old Babylonian) sealed bag
Alternative forms
- kanīku (non-mimated)
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References
- “kanīku”, 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) “kanīku(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library