iṣṣūrum

Akkadian

𒄷𒄭𒀀 (iṣṣūrū)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʕVṣṣūr- (“bird”). Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎓𐎕𐎗 (ʿṣr /⁠ʕuṣṣūru)⁠/). Compare also Arabic عُصْفُور (ʕuṣfūr) and Biblical Hebrew צִפּוֹר (ṣippór).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

iṣṣūrum m or f (plural iṣṣūrū m or iṣṣūrātum f)

1. bird
2. poultry
3. (extispicy) a part of the liver

Alternative forms

• iṣṣūru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄷 (MUŠEN) 𒄷𒎌 (MUŠEN.MEŠ) (plural) 𒄷𒄭𒀀 (MUŠEN.ḪI.A) (plural)	𒄑𒍮𒊒𒌝 (iṣ-ṣu-ru-um) 𒄑𒍮𒀸 (iṣ-ṣu-rum) 𒄑𒍮𒊒 (iṣ-ṣu-ru)

Related terms

• iṣṣūru rabû (“duck”)

 

References

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