dāmum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *dam- (“blood”). Cognate with Arabic دَم (dam) and Biblical Hebrew דָּם (dɔ́m).

Pronunciation

Noun

dāmum m (construct state dām or dāmi, plural dāmū)

  1. blood
  2. (Standard Babylonian) lineage
  3. red wine

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒁁 (UŠ₂)
  • 𒁁𒎌 (UŠ₂.MEŠ) (pl)
  • 𒁕𒀀𒈬𒌝 (da-a-mu-um)
  • 𒁕𒀀𒈬 (da-a-mu)
  • 𒁕𒈬 (da-mu)
  • bēl dāmim (“murderer, slayer”)

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