mūšam

Akkadian

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of 𒈪 (mūšum, “night”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

mūšam (Old Babylonian, Mari, Boghazkeui, El-Amarna, Standard Babylonian)

  1.  at night, tonight
  2. last night, yesterday

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
  • 𒈬𒊭𒄠 (mu-ša-am)
  • 𒈬𒊭 (mu-ša)
  • 𒈬𒌑𒊭 (mu-u₂-ša)

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