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Akkadian
Etymology
Considered from a Proto-Semitic form *miʕay- (“intestine, tharm”) or closely similar to it.
Pronunciation
Noun
amūtum f (plural amuwātum) (Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian)
- (extispicy) liver (of a sacrificial sheep, examined by the haruspex)
- Synonym: (used in parallelism with 𒊮 (libbum)) 𒅗𒁁𒌈 (kabattum)
- (extispicy) (liver) omen (findings on a sheep's liver)
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References
- “amūtu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “amūtu(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag