mūtum

Akkadian

Root
m-w-t
3 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *mawt- (“death”). Cognate with Arabic مَوْت‎ (mawt) and Biblical Hebrew מָוֶת‎ (mɔ́weṯ).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mūtum f (construct state mūt or mūti) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. death

Alternative forms

• mūtu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒁁 (BAD, UŠ₂) 𒉆𒁁 (NAM.BAD, NAM.UŠ₂)	𒈬𒌈 (mu-tum) 𒈬𒌑𒌈 (mu-u₂-tum) 𒈬𒌋𒌓 (mu-u-tu₂)

References

• “mūtu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “mūtu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns