Shabatu

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proper noun

The eleventh month of the Babylonian calendar.

OriginAkkadian 𒌚𒀾 →
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Meanings

proper nounShabatu (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe eleventh month of the Babylonian calendar.

    At the end there is a colophon or note recording that the tablet was written on the twenty-eighth day of the month of Shabatu (the eleventh Babylonian month) in the eleventh year of King Ammizaduga, or about 1966 B.C.

    1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 19

Origin

  1. Akkadian𒌚𒀾
  2. EnglishShabatu

Borrowed from Akkadian 𒌚𒀾 (Šabāṭum). Doublet of Shevat.

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APA

Shabatu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shabatu

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Chicago

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