bānûm

bānûm

Akkadian

Root
b-n-y
2 terms

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /baːˈnuːm/

Noun

bānûm m (base bāni, plural bānû, feminine bānītum) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. participle of banûm:
   1. creator, begetter

      𒄿𒇻 𒁀𒉡𒌑𒀀 ― i-lu ba-nu-u₂-a /ilū bānûya/ ― the gods who created me (literally, “the gods my creators”)

   2. (Middle Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian) builder

Alternative forms

• bānû (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒆕 (DU₃) (rare) 𒇽𒆕 (LU₂.DU₃) (builder) 𒇽𒁶 (LU₂.ŠIDIM, LU₂.DIM₂) (builder)	𒁀𒉡𒌑 (ba-nu-u₂) 𒁀𒉡𒌋 (ba-nu-u) 𒁀𒀀𒉡𒌑 (ba-a-nu-u₂)

References

• “bānû”, 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 (2000), “bānû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag