Amurrum
Akkadian
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /aหmur.rum/
Proper noun
editAmurrum m (from Old Akkadian on)
- (Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian) Amorite
- toponym for Syria and the West, the land of the Amorites
- (with determinative ๐ญ (d)) Amurru (god of the Amorites)
- (with determinative ๐ฏ (mul), Standard Babylonian) Perseus (the "west star")
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Derived terms
edit- amurrรปm (โAmoriteโ)
Related terms
edit- amurrum (โwestโ)
References
edit- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) โamurru(m)โ, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
- Miller, Douglas B., Shipp, R. Mark (2014) An Akkadian Handbook, 2nd edition, Eisenbrauns, page 87