nakkaptum

Akkadian
Root
n-k-p
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *nakap-at- (“temple, cheek-bone”). Cognate with Arabic نَكَفَة (nakafa).

Pronunciation

Noun

nakkaptum f (dual nakkaptān, plural nakkapātum) (Babylonian)

  1.  temple, brow

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒅘𒆏𒌈 (nak-kap-tum)
  • 𒅘𒆏𒌅 (nak-kap-tu)
  • 𒅘𒆏𒌓 (nak-kap-tu₂)

References
  • “nakkaptu”, 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) “nakkaptu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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