šaplum

šaplum

See also: šaplûm

Akkadian

Root
š-p-l

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic سُفْل‎ (sufl, “bottom”). Compare also Biblical Hebrew שָׁפָל‎ (šāp̄āl, “low”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃap.lum/

Noun

šaplum m (construct state šapal or šapla) (from Old Babylonian on)

1. underside, bottom

   Antonym: elum (“top”)

2. arrears

Alternative forms

• šaplu (non-mimated)
• saplu (Neo-Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒆠𒋫 (KI.TA)	𒊭𒀊𒇻𒌝 (ša-ap-lu-um) 𒊭𒉺𒀠 (ša-pa-al) (construct state)

Derived terms

• šaplûm

 

References

• “šaplu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 17, Š, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1989
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (1976), “šaplu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag