nagbum

Akkadian

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈnaɡ.bum/

Noun

nagbum m (construct state nagab, plural nagbū) (Old Akkadian, Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)

1. underground water
2. spring, fountain, source, headwaters (of a river)
3. totality, entirety, the whole
4. the totality of knowledge

   𒃻 𒅘𒁀 𒄿𒈬𒊒

   ša₂ nag-ba i-mu-ru

   /ša nagba īmuru/

   he who has seen everything

   (literally, “he who has seen the totality of knowledge”)

   (Epic of Gilgamesh, I, 1)

Alternative forms

• nagbu (non-mimated)
• nagabbu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒁁 (IDIM)	𒈾𒀝𒁍𒌝 (na-ag-bu-um) 𒅘𒁍 (nag-bu)

References

• “nagbu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011