bānûm

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Akkadian

Root
b-n-y
2 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

bānûm m (base bāni, plural bānû, feminine bānītum) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. participle of banûm:
    1. creator, begetter
      𒄿𒇻 𒁀𒉡𒌑𒀀 ― i-lu ba-nu-u₂-a /ilū bānûya/ ― the gods who created me (literally, “the gods my creators”)
    2. (Middle Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian) builder

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒆕 (DU₃) (rare)
  • 𒇽𒆕 (LU₂.DU₃) (builder)
  • 𒇽𒁶 (LU₂.ŠIDIM, LU₂.DIM₂) (builder)

References

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