Amurrum

Akkadian

𒈥𒌅 (Amurrum)

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Amurrum m (from Old Akkadian on)

1. (Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian) Amorite
2. toponym for Syria and the West, the land of the Amorites
3. (with determinative 𒀭 (^d)) Amurru (god of the Amorites)
4. (with determinative 𒀯 (^mul), Standard Babylonian) Perseus (the "west star")

Alternative forms

• Amurru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒈥𒌅 (MAR.TU) 𒀭𒈥𒌅 (dMAR.TU) 𒀭𒆳𒃲 (dKUR.GAL) 𒀯𒈥𒌅 (mulMAR.TU)	𒀀𒈬𒌨𒀸 (a-mu-ur-rum) 𒀀𒄯𒀸 (a-mur-rum) 𒀀𒈬𒌫𒊒 (a-mu-ur₂-ru) 𒀀𒄯𒊒 (a-mur-ru)

Derived terms

• amurrûm (“Amorite”)

 

Related terms

• amurrum (“west”)

References

• 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

Further reading

Amurru on Wikipedia.Wikipedia