sāmum

Akkadian

Root
s-y-m
1 term

Etymology

From siāmum (siāmum, “to be red, brown”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.mum/

Adjective

sāmum (feminine sāmtum, masculine plural sāmūtum, feminine plural sāmātum, predicative sām) (from Old Akkadian on)

1.  red, brown

   𒌨𒂠 𒊓𒈬𒌝 [kalbum sāmum] ― UR.GI₇ sa-mu-um ― a brown dog

   𒉿𒈩 𒊕𒁺𒋙 𒊓𒆳 [pirit qaqqadīšu sāmat] ― pi-rit SAG.DU-šu₂ sa-mat ― The hair of his is head is red.

Alternative forms

• sāmu (non-mimated)
• sa'mu (occasionally)
• sīmum (Mari)
• sandu (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, feminine)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒋛𒀀 (SA₅)	𒊓𒈬𒌝 (sa-mu-um) 𒊓𒀀𒈬 (sa-a-mu) 𒍝𒀀𒈬 (sa₃-a-mu) 𒊓𒈬𒌑 (sa-mu-u₂) 𒊓𒀪𒈬 (sa-'-mu) 𒊓𒈬 (sa-mu)

See also

Colors in Akkadian · 𒊺𒂅 (šimtum) (layout · text)

𒌓 (peṣûm)		𒈪 (ṣalmum)
𒋛𒀀 (sāmum)	𒋛𒀀 (sāmum)	𒅊 (warqum)
	𒅊 (warqum)

References

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