zibānītum
Akkadian
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Etymology
From Sumerian 𒍣𒁀𒈾 (zi-ba-na), the name of a part or a mechanism typical of this kind of scales, that distinguishes them from the 𒄑𒂟 (gišrinnum, “scale”).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /zi.baːˈniː.tum/
Noun
zibānītum f (Middle Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian)
Alternative forms
- zibānītu (non-mimated)
- zibānû (Neo-Babylonian)
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Coordinate terms
| Zodiac signs in Akkadian (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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𒀯𒇽𒂠𒂷 (agrum) |
𒀯𒄞𒀭𒈾 (alû) |
𒀯𒈦𒋰𒁀 (māšum) |
𒀯𒀠𒈜 (alluttum) | ||||||||
𒀯𒌨𒈤 (nēšum) |
𒀯𒀊𒉆 (šer'um) |
𒀯𒍣𒁀𒀭𒈾 (zibānītum) |
𒀯𒄈𒋰 (zuqiqīpum) | ||||||||
𒀯𒉺𒉈𒊕 (pabilsag) |
𒀯𒋦𒈧 (suḫurmāšu) |
𒀯𒄖𒆷 (sinuntu) |
𒀯𒆲𒎌 (zibbātu) | ||||||||
References
- “zibānītu”, 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) “zibānītu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library