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)

1. 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)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011

Further reading

• Babylonian calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia