narkabtum

narkabtum

Akkadian

Root
r-k-b

Etymology

From rakābum (“to ride”). Cognate with Arabic مَرْكَبَة‎ (markaba, “vehicle, carriage”) and Biblical Hebrew מֶרְכָּבָה‎ (merkāḇā, “charriot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /narˈkab.tum/

Noun

narkabtum f (plural narkabātum) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. chariot (for war, hung, ceremony)
2. (astronomy) Auriga

Alternative forms

• narkabtu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄑𒇀 (GIŠ.GIGIR) 𒄑𒇥 (GIŠ.GIGIR₂) 𒄑𒇀𒄭𒀀 (GIŠ.GIGIR.ḪI.A)	𒈜𒆏𒌈 (nar-kab-tum)

References

• “narkabtu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (1976), “narkabtu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag