tiāmtum

Akkadian

𒀀𒀊𒁀 (tiāmtum)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *tihām-at- (sea). Cognate with Arabic تِهَامَة‎ (tihāma) and Biblical Hebrew תְּהוֹם‎ (təhóm).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tiāmtum f (plural tiāmātum) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. sea, ocean
2. lake
3. (mythology) a mythological or deified locality
4. Tiamat

Alternative forms

• tiāmtu (non-mimated)
• tâmtum, tâmtu, tâmdu, tântu, tându
• têmtum (Mari)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒀀𒀊𒁀 (A.AB.BA) 𒀊 (AB) (Old Babylonian)	𒋾𒄠𒌈 (ti-am-tum) 𒌓𒌈 (tam-tum) 𒌓𒌅 (tam-tu)

References

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