sāsum

Akkadian
𒌨𒈨 (sāsum)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *sūs- (“moth”). Cognate with Arabic سُوس (sūs, “moth”) and Biblical Hebrew סָס (sɔs, “clothes moth”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sāsum m (plural sāsū) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. moth
  2. (Ras Shamra, Standard Babylonian) a type of stone

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒌨𒈨 (UR.ME)
  • 𒎎𒍝𒂆𒁁 (NA₄.NIR₂.ZIZ) (stone)
  • 𒍝𒀀𒍮 (sa₃-a-sum₂)
  • 𒍝𒍮 (sa₃-sum₂)
  • 𒍝𒀀𒋧 (sa₃-a-sum)
  • 𒍝𒀀𒋢 (sa₃-a-sum₃)
  • 𒊓𒀀𒋢 (sa-a-su)
  • 𒍝𒍝𒄠 (sa₃-sa₃-am) (accusative)

References
  • “sāsu”, 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) “sāsu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, page 319a
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