Convex Culmination and the Semantic Structure of šapattu

This article continues the line of research initiated in Šapattu, Šabbat, and the “Semitic Umbrella”: Reassessing the Origins of the Sabbath Concept (Revazyan, 2025). Whereas the previous study focused primarily on the philological and historiographical difficulties surrounding the traditional Semitic interpretation of šapattu, the present work investigates the possible cognitive and topological structures underlying the concept itself. Particular attention is given to the Armenian lexeme sapat (“hump,” “convex elevation”), examined not as a proven cognate of Akkadian šapattu, but as a potentially related image-schema centered on convex culmination, fullness, and cyclical completion. The study combines semantic analysis, conceptual topology, and cognitive-linguistic observations in order to document recurring structural correspondences requiring further investigation.