šandanakkum

Akkadian

FWOTD – 6 September 2022

Etymology

From Sumerian 𒃲𒉌 (santana /⁠santanak⁠/, “chief gardener”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ʃan.daˈnak.kum/

Noun

šandanakkum m (construct state šandanak, pronominal state šandanakka, plural šandanakkātum f) (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian)

1. administrator of date orchards

Alternative forms

• šandanakku (non-mimated)
• sandanakkum, saddanakkum

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒃲𒉌 (SANTANA, ŠANDANA, GAL.NI) (most common) 𒃲𒉌𒎌 (SANTANA.MEŠ, ŠANDANA.MEŠ, GAL.NI.MEŠ) (plural)	𒃻𒀭𒁕𒅘𒆪 (šá‐an‐da‐nak‐ku) 𒃻𒀭𒁕𒈾𒆪 (šá‐an‐da‐na‐ku) 𒊓𒀭𒁕𒈾𒄣 (sa-an-da-na-kum)

References

• “šandanakkum”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 17, Š, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1989, page 374
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “saddanakku(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, page 387