tarbāṣum
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Akkadian
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| r-b-ṣ |
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Etymology
[edit]From 𒈿 (rabāṣum, “to lie down, rest; to keep possession of”). Compare مَرْبِض (marbiḍ) and רֵבֶץ (rébɛṣ, “lair, fold (for animals)”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /tarˈbaː.sˤum/
Noun
[edit]tarbāṣum m (plural tarbāṣātum f) (from Old Babylonian on)
- pen (for cattle), animal stall, enclosure, courtyard
- halo
- (extispicy) name of a feature on the liver
Alternative forms
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References
[edit]- “tarbaṣu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “tarbaṣu(m), tarbāṣu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag