Šabāṭum

Akkadian

Etymology

Unknown. Spelt with 𒌚 (ITI, “month”) and 𒀾 (ZIZ₂, “emmer”).

Pronunciation

(Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈbaː.tˤum/

Proper noun

Šabāṭum ? (Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian)

Šabāṭu, the eleventh month of the Babylonian calendar
𒌚𒀾 𒌚 𒁕𒀀𒁍𒌝 𒋗𒌑
ITI.ZIZ₂ ITI ṭa-a-bu-um šu-u₂
/Šabāṭum warḫum ṭābum šū/
Šabāṭum is a favorable month

Alternative forms

Šabāṭu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms
𒌚𒀾 (ITI.ZIZ₂) 𒌚𒀾𒀀𒀭 (ITI.ZIZ₂.AM₃, ITI.ZIZ₂.A.AN) 𒌚𒀾𒀀 (ITI.ZIZ₂.A)

Descendants

→ Hebrew: שְׁבָט (šə̆ḇɔ́ṭ, “Shevat”)
→ Aramaic: שְׁבָט (šəḇāṭ)
- Classical Syriac: ܫܒܛ
  - → Arabic: شُبَاط (šubāṭ)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܒ݂ܵܛ (šḇāṭ)

References

“Šabāṭu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011

Further reading

Babylonian calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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