purussûm

Akkadian

Root
p-r-s
2 terms

Etymology

From parāsum (“to separate; to decide a legal case”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /pu.rusˈsuːm/

Noun

purussûm m (base purussā, plural purussû)

1. legal decision, resolution, verdict, case
2. prediction, prognosis

Alternative forms

• purussû (non-mimated)
• purussā'um (Old Assyrian)
• purissû, pursû (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒌍𒁇 (EŠ.BAR)	𒁍𒊒𒊻𒋢𒌑 (pu-ru-us-su-u₂)

References

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