ālum

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See also: alum and alúm

Akkadian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *ʔahl- (tent camp). Cognate with Arabic أَهْل (ʔahl, kinfolk) and Biblical Hebrew אֹהֶל (ʔóhɛl, tent).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ālum m (construct state āl or āli, plural ālānū or ālānû) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. city, town
    𒀀𒈝 𒂊𒇻𒌑𒌝 [ālum elûm]a-lum e-lu-u₂-umupper city
    𒁕𒀀𒀀𒉡 𒀀𒈾 𒁍𒄷𒌨 𒀀𒇷𒅎 𒅋𒇷𒆪
    [dayyānū ana puḫur ālim illikū]
    da-a-a-nu a-na pu-ḫu-ur a-li-im il-li-ku
    The judges went to the assembly of the city.
  2. village, manor, estate
  3. fort, military strongpoint

Alternative forms

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Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic Mixed

References

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  • “ālu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “ālu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag