Šumerum

Akkadian

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Biblical Hebrew שִׁנְעָר (šinʕɔ́r) and its listed cognates.[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Šumerum ? (Old Babylonian)

  1. Sumer

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒆳𒅴𒂠𒆠 (KUR.EME.GI₇.KI)
  • 𒆠𒂗𒄀 (KI.EN.GI)
  • 𒆠𒅔𒄀 (KI.IN.GI)
  • 𒋗𒈨𒀸 (šu-me-rum)

Proper noun

Šumerum m (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)

  1. Sumerian (language)
    𒅴𒂠 𒀀𒄩𒍪𒌝 ― EME.GI₇ a-ḫa-zu-um /Šumeram aḫāzum/ ― to learn Sumerian
    𒇷𒊭𒀭 𒋗𒈨𒊑𒅎 𒋫𒄠𒅆𒅋 𒀝𒅗𒁲𒅎 𒂊𒁺𒌝
    li-ša-an šu-me-ri-im ta-am-ši-il ak-ka-di-im e-du-um
    /lišān Šumerim tamšīl Akkadîm edûm/
    to know the Akkadian counterpart of the Sumerian

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒋗𒈨𒀸 (šu-me-ru)

Derived terms
  • šumerû (Sumerian, of Sumer)

References
  • “šumeru”, 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) “Šumeru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
  • Miller, Douglas B., Shipp, R. Mark (2014) An Akkadian Handbook, 2nd edition, Eisenbrauns
  1. K. van der Toorn, P.W. van der Horst (January 1990). "Nimrod before and after the Bible". The Harvard Theological Review. 83 (1): 1–29, esp. 2–4.
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