mūtum

Akkadian
Root
m-w-t
3 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *mawt- (“death”). Cognate with Arabic مَوْت (mawt) and Biblical Hebrew מָוֶת (mɔ́weṯ).

Pronunciation

Noun

mūtum f (construct state mūt or mūti) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

  1. death

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒁁 (BAD, UŠ₂)
  • 𒉆𒁁 (NAM.BAD, NAM.UŠ₂)
  • 𒈬𒌈 (mu-tum)
  • 𒈬𒌑𒌈 (mu-u₂-tum)
  • 𒈬𒌋𒌓 (mu-u-tu₂)

References
  • “mūtu”, 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) “mūtu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
  • Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns
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