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Akkadian
buppānu - face
(SAD I)
Cf. buppāniš ‘face down’ (CAD B 332, AHw. 139, CDA 48); buppānam ‘face down, flat on the face’ (CDA 48).
A compound noun consisting of
būnu
‘face’ and
panu
‘face’ (GAG § 59a).