amūtum

Akkadian

Etymology

Considered from a Proto-Semitic form *miʕay- (“intestine, tharm”) or closely similar to it.

Pronunciation

Noun

amūtum f (plural amuwātum) (Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian)

  1. (extispicy) liver (of a sacrificial sheep, examined by the haruspex)
    Synonym: (used in parallelism with 𒊮 (libbum)) 𒅗𒁁𒌈 (kabattum)
  2. (extispicy) (liver) omen (findings on a sheep's liver)

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒀀𒈬𒌑𒌈 (a-mu-u₂-tum)
  • 𒀀𒈬𒌈 (a-mu-tum)
  • 𒀀𒈬𒌅 (a-mu-tu)
  • 𒈬𒌑𒌈 (mu-u₂-tum)

References
  • “amūtu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “amūtu(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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