kanīkum

Akkadian

Root
k-n-k
4 terms

Etymology

From the verb kanākum (“to seal”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kanīkum m or f (plural kanīkū m or kanīkātum f)

1. sealed document

   Synonyms: kankum, kunukkum

2. (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian) purchase document, receipt
3. (Old Babylonian) sealed bag

Alternative forms

• kanīku (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒅗𒉌𒄣 (ka-ni-kum) 𒅗𒉌𒆪 (ka-ni-ku)

References

• “kanīku”, 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) “kanīku(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library