šubultum

Akkadian
Root
š-b-l
1 term
𒋗𒁍𒌌𒌈 (šubultum)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šu(n)bulat- (“spike”). Cognate with Arabic سُنْبُلَة (sunbula) and Biblical Hebrew שִׁבֹּלֶת (šibbólɛṯ).

Pronunciation

Noun

šubultum f (plural šubullātum) (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Middle Assyrian)

  1.  ear, spike (of a crop)
  2. (Middle Assyrian)
  3. (astronomy) Spica

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
  • 𒋗𒁍𒌌𒌈 (šu-bu-ul-tum)
  • 𒋗𒁍𒌌𒌅 (šu-bu-ul-tu)
  • 𒋗𒇧𒌓 (šu-bul-tu₂)

References
  • “šubultu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “šubultu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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