Ukkin (UKKIN) is the Sumerian word or symbol for

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council or

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, written ideographically with the

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sign 𒌺 (Borger 2003 nr. 73, encoded by

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at code point U+1233A). In Akkadian it is transliterated as Puḫru or Puḫrum and was used in the context of "public assembly", of both Gods and people with the ultimate meaning of a "totality" of living things. A council of the gods specifically is referred to in Akkadian as Puḫru Ilani or Puḫur Ilani. The word was later adopted into

Aramaic The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in ...

. In

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it is transliterated as Pankuš or Tuyila. In the

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era the word Kiništu was used and it found an equivalent in the word Qāhāl in other ancient languages. H. Zimmern noted that the Babylonian

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feast was also called puhru and connected this with the modern day holiday of

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References

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