bānûm m (base bāni, plural bānû, feminine bānītum) (from Old Akkadian on)
- participle of banûm:
- creator, begetter
- 𒄿𒇻 𒁀𒉡𒌑𒀀 ― i-lu ba-nu-u₂-a /ilū bānûya/ ― the gods who created me (literally, “the gods my creators”)
- (Middle Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian) builder
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- 𒆕 (DU₃) (rare)
- 𒇽𒆕 (LU₂.DU₃) (builder)
- 𒇽𒁶 (LU₂.ŠIDIM, LU₂.DIM₂) (builder)
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- “bānû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “bānû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag