Šabāṭum

Šabāṭum

Akkadian

Etymology

Unknown. Spelt with 𒌚 (ITI, “month”) and 𒍩 (ZIZ₂, “emmer”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈbaː.tˤum/

Proper noun

Šabāṭum ? (Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian)

1. Šabāṭu, the eleventh month of the Babilonian calendar

   𒌚𒍩 𒌚 𒁕𒀀𒁍𒌝 𒋗𒌑

   ITI.ZIZ₂ ITI ṭa-a-bu-um šu-u₂

   /Šabāṭum warḫum ṭābum šū/

   Šabāṭum is a favorable month

Alternative forms

• Šabāṭu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms
𒌚𒍩 (ITI.ZIZ₂) 𒌚𒍩𒀀𒀭 (ITI.ZIZ₂.AM₃, ITI.ZIZ₂.A.AN) 𒌚𒍩𒀀 (ITI.ZIZ₂.A)

Descendants

• → Hebrew: שְׁבָט‎ (šəḇɔṭ, “Shevat”)
• → Aramaic: שְׁבָט‎ (šəḇāṭ)
  • → Arabic: شُبَاط‎ (šubāṭ)

References

• “Šabāṭu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011

Further reading

• Babylonian calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia