amūtum

amūtum

Akkadian

Etymology

Considered from a Proto-Semitic form *miʕay- or closely similar to it.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmuː.tum/

Noun

amūtum f (plural amuwātum) (Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian)

1. (extispicy) liver (of a sacrificial sheep, examined by the haruspex)
2. (extispicy) (liver) omen (findings on a sheep's liver)

Inflection

Normalization
	singular	dual	plural
Nominative	amūtum	amūtān	amuwātum
Genitive	amūtim	amūtīn	amuwātim
Accusative	amūtam	amūtīn	amuwātim
Construct state	amūat
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal declension

Cuneiform
	singular	dual	plural
Nominative	𒀀𒈬𒌈	𒀀𒈬𒋫𒀭	𒀀𒈬𒉿𒌈
	a-mu-tum	a-mu-ta-an	a-mu-wa-tum
Genitive	𒀀𒈬𒁴	𒀀𒈬𒋾𒅔	𒀀𒈬𒉿𒁴
	a-mu-tim	a-mu-ti-in	a-mu-wa-tim
Accusative	𒀀𒈬𒌓	𒀀𒈬𒋾𒅔	𒀀𒈬𒉿𒁴
	a-mu-tam	a-mu-ti-in	a-mu-wa-tim
Construct state	𒀀𒈬𒀜
	a-mu-at
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal declension

Alternative forms

• amūtu (non-mimated)
• mūtum (hapax, CL 41, 35, col. 2 line 8)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒌍 (BA₃)	𒀀𒈬𒌑𒌈 (a-mu-u₂-tum) 𒀀𒈬𒌈 (a-mu-tum) 𒀀𒈬𒌅 (a-mu-tu) 𒈬𒌑𒌈 (mu-u₂-tum)

References

• “amūtu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (1976), “amūtu(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag