kītum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Sumerian 𒄀𒆤 (^gikid /⁠kid⁠/).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kītum m (Old Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Standard Babylonian)

1. reed mat
2. a surface measure

Alternative forms

• kītu (non-mimated)
• kētu

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄀𒆤 (GI.KID)	𒆠𒄿𒌈 (ki-i-tum) 𒆠𒂊𒌈 (ki-e-tum) 𒆠𒌈 (ki-tum) 𒆠𒄿𒌅 (ki-i-tu) 𒆠𒄿𒌓 (ki-i-tu₂) 𒆠𒌅 (ki-tu) 𒆠𒌓 (ki-tu₂)

References

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