šuttum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šin-at- (sleep). Cognate with Arabic سِنَة (sina, “nap, slumber”) and Biblical Hebrew שֵׁנָה (šenɔ́, “sleep”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃut.tum/

Noun

šuttum f (plural šunātum) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. dream

Alternative forms

• šuttu (non-mimated)
• šunatum, šunatu (poetic)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒈧𒈪 (MAŠ₂.GI₆) 𒈠𒊬 (MA.MU₂)	𒋗𒌓𒌈 (šu-ut-tum) 𒋗𒌓𒌅 (šu-ut-tu)

References

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