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Akkadian
Etymology
Unknown. Compare Biblical Hebrew שִׁנְעָר (šinʕɔ́r) and its listed cognates.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Šumerum ? (Old Babylonian)
- Sumer
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- 𒆳𒅴𒂠𒆠 (KUR.EME.GI₇.KI)
- 𒆠𒂗𒄀 (KI.EN.GI)
- 𒆠𒅔𒄀 (KI.IN.GI)
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Proper noun
Šumerum m (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)
- Sumerian (language)
- 𒅴𒂠 𒀀𒄩𒍪𒌝 ― EME.GI₇ a-ḫa-zu-um /Šumeram aḫāzum/ ― to learn Sumerian
𒇷𒊭𒀭 𒋗𒈨𒊑𒅎 𒋫𒄠𒅆𒅋 𒀝𒅗𒁲𒅎 𒂊𒁺𒌝- li-ša-an šu-me-ri-im ta-am-ši-il ak-ka-di-im e-du-um
- /lišān Šumerim tamšīl Akkadîm edûm/
- to know the Akkadian counterpart of the Sumerian
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References
- “šumeru”, 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) “Šumeru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
- Miller, Douglas B., Shipp, R. Mark (2014) An Akkadian Handbook, 2nd edition, Eisenbrauns
- ^ K. van der Toorn, P.W. van der Horst (January 1990). "Nimrod before and after the Bible". The Harvard Theological Review. 83 (1): 1–29, esp. 2–4.