amtum
Akkadian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Semitic *ʔamat- (“maidservant”). Cognate with Arabic أَمَة (ʔama, “female slave”) and Biblical Hebrew אָמָה (ʔɔmɔ́, “female servant”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈam.tum/
Noun
editamtum f (construct state amat, plural amātum) (from Old Akkadian on)
- female slave, female servant
- 𒄠𒌈 𒊭𒄠𒌈 𒄴𒇷𒅅
- [amtum šāmtum iḫliq]
- am-tum ša-am-tum iḫ-li-iq
- the female slave that was purchased escaped
Alternative forms
edit- amtu (non-mimated)
- andu (Neo-Babylonian)
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