amurrum

Akkadian
๐’…Ž๐’ˆฅ๐’Œ… (amurrum)

Etymology

From ๐’€ญ๐’ˆฅ๐’Œ… (Amurrum, โ€œAmurruโ€), the country of the Amorites, who lived in a region west of Mesopotamia.

Pronunciation

Noun

amurrum m (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. (Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian) west
  2. (Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian) west wind

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • ๐’…Ž๐’ˆฅ๐’Œ… (imMAR.TU)
  • ๐’…Ž๐’†ณ๐’ˆฅ (imKUR.MAR) (Neo-Babylonian)
  • ๐’…Ž๐’ผ (IM.4) (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian)
  • ๐’€€๐’ˆฌ๐’Œจ๐’€ธ (a-mu-ur-rum)
  • ๐’€€๐’„ฏ๐’€ธ (a-mur-rum)
  • ๐’€€๐’ˆฌ๐’Œซ๐’Š’ (a-mu-urโ‚‚-ru)
  • ๐’€€๐’„ฏ๐’Š’ (a-mur-ru)

See also
๐’…Ž๐’‹›๐’ฒ (iลกtฤnum)
๐’…Ž๐’ˆฅ๐’Œ… (amurrum) ๐’…Ž๐’†ณ๐’Š (ลกadรปm)
๐’…Ž๐’‡๐’‡ป (ลกลซtum)

References
  • โ€œamurruโ€, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)โ€Ž, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956โ€“2011
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) โ€œamurru(m)โ€, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
  • Miller, Douglas B., Shipp, R. Mark (2014) An Akkadian Handbook, 2nd edition, Eisenbrauns, page 87
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