Ac·cad /ˈæˌkæd, ˈɑˌkɑd/



 Ac·ca·di·an a.  Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest.
 -- Ac*ca*di*an, n., Ac*cad n.

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 Accad
    the high land or mountains, a city in the land of Shinar. It has
    been identified with the mounds of Akker Kuf, some 50 miles to
    the north of Babylon; but this is doubtful. It was one of the
    cities of Nimrod's kingdom (Ge 10:10). It stood close to the
    Euphrates, opposite Sippara. (See SEPHARVAIM.)

      It is also the name of the country of which this city was the
    capital, namely, northern or upper Babylonia. The Accadians who
    came from the "mountains of the east," where the ark rested,
    attained to a high degree of civilization. In the Babylonian
    inscriptions they are called "the black heads" and "the black
    faces," in contrast to "the white race" of Semitic descent. They
    invented the form of writing in pictorial hieroglyphics, and
    also the cuneiform system, in which they wrote many books partly
    on papyrus and partly on clay. The Semitic Babylonians ("the
    white race"), or, as some scholars think, first the Cushites,
    and afterwards, as a second immigration, the Semites, invaded
    and conquered this country; and then the Accadian language
    ceased to be a spoken language, although for the sake of its
    literary treasures it continued to be studied by the educated
    classes of Babylonia. A large portion of the Ninevite tablets
    brought to light by Oriental research consists of interlinear or
    parallel translations from Accadian into Assyrian; and thus that
    long-forgotten language has been recovered by scholars. It
    belongs to the class of languages called agglutinative, common
    to the Tauranian race; i.e., it consists of words "glued
    together," without declension of conjugation. These tablets in a
    remarkable manner illustrate ancient history. Among other
    notable records, they contain an account of the Creation which
    closely resembles that given in the book of Genesis, of the
    Sabbath as a day of rest, and of the Deluge and its cause. (See
    BABYLON; CHALDEA.)



 Accad, a vessel; pitcher; spark