𒊩𒆳

Akkadian

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒊩𒆳 (geme₂ /⁠geme⁠/, “female slave”).

Logogram

𒊩𒆳 • (GEME₂)

1. Sumerogram of amtum (“female slave”)

Sumerian

Signs in this term

𒊩

𒆳

Alternative forms of /geme/
𒃶 (gan) (Old Sumerian)

Glyph origin

A combination of the signs 𒊩 (“woman”) and 𒆳 (“mountains, foreign land”). Compare 𒀵 (arad₂ /⁠arad⁠/).

Noun

𒊩𒆳 • (geme₂ /geme/)

1. dependent woman, female slave

References

• “𒊩𒆳 (geme)” in ePSD2