tiāmtum
Akkadian
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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)
- sea, ocean
- lake
- (mythology) a mythological or deified locality
- Tiamat
Alternative forms
- tiāmtu (non-mimated)
- tâmtum, tâmtu, tâmdu, tântu, tându
- têmtum (Mari)
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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