ḫabannānu
HAPAXHapax legomenon: this word is attested only onceNEWNot documented in AHw or CADREVIEW
Meanings:
(a container for liquids) (?)
de:German: Deutsch (ein Behälter für Flüssigkeiten) (?)
fr:French: Français (un récipient pour les liquides) (?)
Distribution: SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivesuffix: -ānSuffix -ān (?)
Etymology: Uncertain The word suggests a connection with ḫabannatu (attested in Amar., Mari, Boghazkoy; in Egyption sources, hbn.t refers to large vessels or jugs used as standardized unit for measurung liquids), another kind of vessel mainly attested being used with oil and made of metal or clay (once of stone). In Descent of Ištar 104f., the word ḫabannatu seems to refer to a place for getting water beside the public plowing as a place for bread. A similar meaning seems possible for the present term. Note also the similar terms ḫubūnu (used for scented oil) and ḫuburnu (osed for oil).
1Attestations
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) šalšiš ḫa-ban-na-nu : A : mê : gur : m[al]û CunMon. 49/2, 6: 13 “thirdly, (agurru refers to) a water trough(?) (since the logogram) A (is read) water (Sum.) gur (refers to the action) to f[il]l”. Commentary Sakikkû I 4. The commentary refers to agurru, playfully read logographically A.GUR and given new meaning. new