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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *śarār- (“to rule over”). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew שַׂר (śar, “ruler, captain, official”). Compare Persian سر (sar).
Pronunciation
Noun
šarrum m (construct state šar or šarri, pronominal state šarra, plural šarrū or šarrānū, feminine šarratum) (from Old Akkadian on)
- king
- 𒈗 𒉿𒀀𒄠 𒅖𒆪𒉆 [šarrum piam iškunam] ― LUGAL pi-a-am iš-ku-nam ― The king gave me an order.
Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- 𒈗 (LUGAL)
- 𒈗𒂊 (LUGAL.E) (Middle Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian)
- 𒎙 (MAN, 20) (mostly Middle Assyrian and Neo-Assyrian)
- 𒁈 (BARA₂)
- 𒐈𒎙 (3+20, 180+20, EŠŠANA)
- 𒄘𒃲 (GU₂.GAL) (once)
- 𒄑𒊷 (GIŠ.GIŠIMMAR)
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- 𒊬𒊒𒌝 (šar-ru-um)
- 𒊬𒀸 (šar-rum)
- 𒊬𒊒 (šar-ru)
- 𒃻𒅈𒊒 (ša₂-ar-ru)
- 𒊬𒊏𒄠 (šar-ra-am) (accusative)
- 𒊬𒊑𒅎 (šar-ri-im) (genitive)
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Derived terms
References
- “šarru”, 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) “šarru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag