šiṭrum

šiṭrum

Akkadian

Root
š-ṭ-r
2 terms

𒊬 (šiṭrum)

𒅆𒁲𒅕 𒊭𒈨𒂊 (šiṭir šamê)

Etymology

From 𒊬 (šaṭārum, “to write”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃitˤ.rum/

Noun

šiṭrum m (construct state šiṭir, plural šiṭrū) (from Old Akkadian on)

1.  text, inscription (any piece of writing)
2. (transferred sense) stars

   𒅆𒁲𒅕 𒊭𒈨𒂊 ― ši-ṭi-ir ša-me-e /šiṭir šamê/ ― starry sky

3. a šiṭru-song (a type of song)

Alternative forms

• šiṭru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒊬 (SAR)	𒅆𒀉𒊒𒌝 (ši-iṭ-ru-um) 𒅆𒀉𒀸 (ši-iṭ-rum) 𒅆𒀉𒊒 (ši-iṭ-ru) 𒅆𒀉𒊑𒅎 (ši-iṭ-ri-im) (genitive) 𒅆𒀉𒊏𒄠 (ši-iṭ-ra-am) (accusative) 𒅆𒁲𒅕 (ši-ṭi-ir) (construct state) 𒅆𒋛𒀀 (ši-ṭir) (construct state)

Derived terms

• šiṭirtum (written record)

 

References

• “šiṭru”, 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), “šiṭru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag