sāsum

sāsum

Akkadian

𒌨𒈨 (sāsum)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

Alternative forms

• sāsu (non-mimated)

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