ūṣum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḥVṯ̣ṯ̣- (“arrow”). Cognate with Arabic حُظْوَة (ḥuẓwa, “small arrow”) and Biblical Hebrew חֵץ (ḥeṣ, “arrow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ūṣum m (plural ūṣū) (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)

  1. arrowhead
  2. arrow

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒌑𒍮 (u₂-ṣum, u₂-ṣu)
  • 𒊻𒍮 (uṣ-ṣu)

References
  • “ūṣu”, 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) “ūṣu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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