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Akkadian
Etymology
Compare Arabic إِبْهَام (ʔibhām).
Pronunciation
Noun
ubānum f (plural ubānātum) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)
- finger
- fingerbreadth, 1/30 cubit
- toe
Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- 𒋗𒋛 (ŠU.SI)
- 𒌋 (U)
- (astronomy) 𒋛 (SI)
- (Susa) 𒀀𒅆 (A.ŠI)
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- 𒌑𒁀𒉡𒌝 (u₂-ba-nu-um)
- 𒌑𒁀𒉡 (u₂-ba-nu)
- 𒌑𒁀𒀀𒉡 (u₂-ba-a-nu)
- (plural) 𒌑𒁀𒈾𒀀𒌈 (u₂-ba-na-a-tum)
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References
- “ubānu”, 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) “ubānu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library