adānum

Akkadian

Etymology

Compare Arabic مَوْعِد (mawʕid, “date, appointment”) and Biblical Hebrew מוֹעֵד (moʕéḏ, “appointed time”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /aˈdaː.num/

Noun

adānum m (plural adānātum f)

1. fixed date, time limit (a moment in time at the end of a specified period)
2. period of time (of predetermined length or characterized by a sequence of specific events)

Alternative forms

• adānu (non-mimated)
• ḫadānum, ḫadiānum, adiānum (Old Babylonian)
• adannum, adannu, adānum, adānu (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian)
• ḫidānu, ḫadānu (Mari)
• edannu, edānu (Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒌓𒅗𒂵 (UD.DUG₄.GA) 𒌓𒋩 (UD.ŠUR) 𒌓𒁀 (UD.BA)	𒄩𒁕𒉏 (ḫa-da-num, 'a₄-da-num) 𒄩𒁕𒉡 (ḫa-da-nu, 'a₄-da-nu) 𒄩𒆗𒉡 (ḫa-dan-nu, , 'a₄-dan-nu) 𒄿𒁕𒉡 (i-da-nu) 𒂊𒁕𒉡 (e-da-nu) 𒄭𒁕𒉡 (ḫi-da-nu)

References

• “adannu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “adānum”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag