kandum

Akkadian

Etymology

West Semitic borrowing. Compare with Aramaic כנדא‎ (kandā, “vessel, pot; specifically for wine”), from which possibly also Ancient Greek κόνδυ (kóndu).

Pronunciation

Noun

kandum m (plural kandānu)

  1. (Neo-Babylonian) a kandu jar, a container of earthenware or silver, mainly for wine

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
  • 𒃶𒌈 (kan-dum)
  • 𒃶𒁺 (kan-du)
  • 𒃶𒁕𒀀𒉡 (kan-da-a-nu) (pl)

References
  • “kandu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 8, K, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1971
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