sebettu
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Meanings:
group of seven, heptad
de:German: Deutsch Gruppe der Sieben, Heptade
fr:French: Français groupe de sept, heptade
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantiveroot: sbʾIII/ʾ (tertiae ʾaleph)pattern: PaRaStadjective, in fem. also concrete nouns designating the quality expressed by the adjective
Logogram: IMIN.BI
Etymology: Derived < sebē
1Attestations
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) qāt dIMIN.BI Sakikkû XV 46′ “hand of the Seven”. Corresponds 40′ in Heeßel 2000. See also Sakikkû XVII 16 (25f. in Heeßel 2000) and the varying parallel Sakikkû XII 100′ (restored). Cf. also Sakikkû VIII 31′ (qāt Ani u dIMI[N.BI]). The “Seven” may stand here for the Pleiades. new