tarbāṣum
Akkadian
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Etymology
editFrom 𒈿 (rabāṣum, “to lie down, rest; to keep possession of”). Compare مَرْبِض (marbiḍ) and רֵבֶץ (rébɛṣ, “lair, fold (for animals)”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /tarˈbaː.sˤum/
Noun
edittarbāṣum m (plural tarbāṣātum f) (from Old Babylonian on)
- pen (for cattle), animal stall, enclosure, courtyard
- halo
- (extispicy) name of a feature on the liver
Alternative forms
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References
edit- “tarbaṣu”, 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) “tarbaṣu(m), tarbāṣu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag