narkabtum

Akkadian
Root
r-k-b
1 term

Etymology

From rakābum (“to ride”). Cognate with Arabic مَرْكَبَة (markaba, “vehicle, carriage”) and Biblical Hebrew מֶרְכָּבָה (merkɔḇɔ́, “charriot”).

Pronunciation

Noun

narkabtum f (plural narkabātum) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. chariot (for war, hung, ceremony)
  2. (astronomy) Auriga

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒄑𒇀 (GIŠ.GIGIR)
  • 𒄑𒇥 (GIŠ.GIGIR₂)
  • 𒄑𒇀𒄭𒀀 (GIŠ.GIGIR.ḪI.A)
  • 𒈜𒆏𒌈 (nar-kab-tum)

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