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Akkadian
Etymology
From Sumerian 𒃲𒉌 (santana /santanak/, “chief gardener”).
Pronunciation
Noun
šandanakkum m (construct state šandanak, pronominal state šandanakka, plural šandanakkātum f) (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian)
- administrator of date orchards
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Phonetic
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- 𒃲𒉌 (SANTANA, ŠANDANA, GAL.NI) (most common)
- 𒃲𒉌𒎌 (SANTANA.MEŠ, ŠANDANA.MEŠ, GAL.NI.MEŠ) (plural)
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References
- “šandanakkum”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 17, Š, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1989, page 374
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “saddanakku(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
- Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, page 387