amurrum

Akkadian

𒅎𒈥𒌅 (amurrum)

Etymology

From 𒀭𒈥𒌅 (Amurrum, “Amurru”), the country of the Amorites, who lived in a region west of Mesopotamia.

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /aˈmur.rum/

Noun

amurrum m (from Old Akkadian on)

1. (Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian) west
2. (Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian) west wind

Alternative forms

• amurru (non-mimated)
• aburru (Nuzi)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅎𒈥𒌅 (imMAR.TU) 𒅎𒆳𒈥 (imKUR.MAR) (Neo-Babylonian) 𒅎𒐼 (IM.4) (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian)	𒀀𒈬𒌨𒀸 (a-mu-ur-rum) 𒀀𒄯𒀸 (a-mur-rum) 𒀀𒈬𒌫𒊒 (a-mu-ur₂-ru) 𒀀𒄯𒊒 (a-mur-ru)

See also

• (compass points) 𒅎𒎌 (šārū);

	𒅎𒋛𒁲 (ištānum)
𒅎𒈥𒌅 (amurrum)		𒅎𒆳𒊏 (šadûm)
	𒅎𒍇𒇻 (šūtum)

References

• “amurru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “amurru(m)”, 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