ašāgum

Akkadian

Etymology

Unknown. Compare perhaps Arabic شَوْك (šawk, “thorn”), عَوْسَج (ʕawsaj), and Biblical Hebrew שֵׂךְ (śeḵ, “thorn”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ašāgum m (Babylonian, Boghazkeui)

  1.  a common spiny plant, perhaps a camelthorn

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒌑𒄉 (KIŠI₁₆, U₂.GIR₂)
  • 𒄑𒌑𒄉 (GIŠ.KIŠI₁₆, GIŠ.U₂.GIR₂)
  • 𒀀𒊭𒄖𒌝 (a-ša-gu-um)
  • 𒀀𒊭𒄖 (a-ša-gu)
  • 𒀀𒃻𒄖 (a-ša₂-gu)
  • 𒂊𒊺𒄖 (e-še-gu)
  • 𒂊𒊺𒆪 (e-še-ku)

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