šinnum

Akkadian
𒅗𒎌 (šinnān)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šinn-. Cognate with Arabic سِنّ (sinn) and Biblical Hebrew שֵׁן (šen).

Pronunciation

Noun

šinnum f (construct state šinni, pronominal state šinna, dual šinnān, plural šinnātum)

  1. tooth
    • 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, translated by OMNIKA Foundation, Hammurabi Code‎, The Louvre, Law 200:
      𒋳𒈠 𒀀𒉿𒈝 𒅆𒅔𒉌 𒀀𒉿𒅆 𒈨𒄴𒊑𒋗 𒀉𒋫𒁲 𒅆𒅔𒈾𒋗 𒄿𒈾𒀜𒁺𒌑
      [šumma awīlum šinni awīlim meḫrīšu ittadi, šinnašu inaddû]
      šum-ma a-wi-lum ši-in-ni a-wi-lim me-eḫ-ri-šu it-ta-di, ši-in-našu i-na-ad-du-u₂
      If a man has knocked out the tooth of a man of his own rank, his tooth will be knocked out.
  2. (in the dual) teeth ("two rows of teeth")
  3. Elephant tusk, ivory
  4. tooth, tine of a comb, saw, harrow, blade of a plow

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒅗 (ZU₂)
  • 𒅗𒄢 (ZU₂.GUL) (Ras Shamra)
  • 𒅗𒎌 (ZU₂.MEŠ) (plural)
  • 𒅆𒅔𒉡𒌝 (ši-in-nu-um)
  • 𒅆𒅔𒉡 (ši-in-nu)
  • 𒅗𒄠𒋛 (ZU₂ AM.SI, šinni pīrim, “ivory”)

References
  • “šinnu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, volume 17, Š, part 3, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1992
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