bibbulum
Akkadian
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𒌓𒈿𒀀𒀭 (bibbulum)
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𒀭𒂗𒍪 𒄿𒈾 𒌓 𒁉𒁍𒇷𒅎 (Sîn ina ūmi bibbulim)
Etymology
From 𒁀𒁀𒈝 (babālum, “to bring, transport, carry”). Compare Biblical Hebrew מַבּוּל (mabbul).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbib.bu.lum/
Noun
bibbulum m (from Old Babylonian on)
- flood
- Synonym: 𒀀𒈠𒊒 (abūbum)
- day of the disappearance of the moon (the 28th or 29th of the month)
Alternative forms
- bibbulu (non-mimated)
- bubbulum, bubbulu, bumbulum, bumbulu (Middle Babylonian, Standard Babylonian)
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References
- “bubbulu”, 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), “bibbulu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag