gulgullum

Akkadian
𒄢𒄢 𒀀𒉿𒅆 (gulgul awīlim)

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic جُمْجُمَة (jumjuma) and Biblical Hebrew גֻּלְגֹּ֫לֶת (gulgólɛṯ). Compare also Egyptian

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(ḏꜣḏꜣ, “head”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gulgullum m (construct state gulgul, plural gulgullū or gulgullātum f) (from Old Babylonian on)

  1. skull
  2. (Neo-Babylonian) container shaped like a human skull

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
  • 𒄢𒄢𒇻 (gul-gul-lu)
  • 𒄢𒄢𒅆 (gul-gul-lim) (genitive)
  • 𒄢𒄢𒇷 (gul-gul-li) (genitive)
  • 𒄢𒄢𒆷𒌈 (gul-gul-la-tum)
  • 𒄖𒌌𒄖𒌌𒆷𒁴 (gu-ul-gu-ul-la-tim) (genitive)
  • 𒄢𒄢𒆷𒋾 (gul-gul-la-ti) (genitive)

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