daltum

Akkadian
๐’„‘๐’…… (daltum)

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew ื“ึถึผืœึถืช (dษ›ฬlษ›แนฏ), Ugaritic ๐Ž„๐Ž๐Žš (dlt /โ daltuโ /) and Aramaic ื“ึทึผืœึฐืชึธึผื (daltฤ).

Pronunciation

Noun

daltum f (construct state dalat, plural dalฤtum) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

  1. door

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • ๐’•๐’€ ๐’Œˆ (da-al-tum)
  • ๐’Š‘๐’Œˆ (dal-tum)
  • ๐’•๐’€ ๐’Œ… (da-al-tu)

References
  • โ€œdaltuโ€, 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€œdaltu(m)โ€, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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