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Akkadian
Etymology
Unknown
Pronunciation
Noun
nagbum m (construct state nagab, plural nagbū) (Old Akkadian, Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)
- underground water
- spring, fountain, source, headwaters (of a river)
- totality, entirety, the whole
- 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)
Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- 𒈾𒀝𒁍𒌝 (na-ag-bu-um)
- 𒅘𒁍 (nag-bu)
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References
- “nagbu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011