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11 Language, communication, libraries and education
11 Language, communication, libraries and education
Keywords
Greek language
Mandaic language
naming
Period
No period specified
Channel
Mandean culture
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The Mandaic word for coffin, chest, box is qabuta, most probably deriving from the Akkadian word qabūtu with very similar meaning, the Greek word kibōtos may also derive from the Akkadian word.
Bibliography
Drower and Macuch 1963, 398
Drower, E. S. and R. Macuch. A Mandaic Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1963.