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Akkadian
Etymology
Compare Arabic مَوْعِد (mawʕid, “date, appointment”) and Biblical Hebrew מוֹעֵד (moʕéḏ, “appointed time”).
Pronunciation
Noun
adānum m (plural adānātum f)
- fixed date, time limit (a moment in time at the end of a specified period)
- period of time (of predetermined length or characterized by a sequence of specific events)
- adānu (non-mimated)
- ḫadānum, ḫadiānum, adiānum (Old Babylonian)
- adannum, adannu, adānum, adānu (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian)
- ḫidānu, ḫadānu (Mari)
- edannu, edānu (Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian)
Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- 𒌓𒅗𒂵 (UD.DUG₄.GA)
- 𒌓𒋩 (UD.ŠUR)
- 𒌓𒁀 (UD.BA)
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- 𒄩𒁕𒉏 (ḫa-da-num, 'a₄-da-num)
- 𒄩𒁕𒉡 (ḫa-da-nu, 'a₄-da-nu)
- 𒄩𒆗𒉡 (ḫa-dan-nu, , 'a₄-dan-nu)
- 𒄿𒁕𒉡 (i-da-nu)
- 𒂊𒁕𒉡 (e-da-nu)
- 𒄭𒁕𒉡 (ḫi-da-nu)
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References
- “adannu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “adānum”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag