kibtum

Akkadian

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈkib.tum/

Noun

kibtum f (plural kibātum) (from Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian on)

1. wheat

Alternative forms

• kibtu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒍼 (GIG) 𒊺𒍼 (ŠE.GIG) 𒍼𒁀 (GIG.BA) 𒊺𒍼𒁀 (ŠE.GIG.BA) 𒍼𒁉 (GIG.BI) (Neo-Babylonian)	𒄒𒌈 (kib-tum) 𒆠𒁀𒌈 (ki-ba-tum) (plural) 𒆠𒉺𒌈 (ki-pa-tum) (plural) 𒆠𒁀𒌅 (ki-ba-tu) (plural) 𒆠𒉺𒁺 (ki-pa-tu₃) (plural) 𒆠𒁀𒁺 (ki-ba-tu₃) (plural)

References

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