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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔamat- (“maidservant”). Cognate with Arabic أَمَة (ʔama, “female slave”) and Biblical Hebrew אָמָה (ʔɔmɔ́, “female servant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
amtum f (construct state amat, plural amātum) (from Old Akkadian on)
- female slave, female servant
𒄠𒌈 𒊭𒄠𒌈 𒄴𒇷𒅅- [amtum šāmtum iḫliq]
- am-tum ša-am-tum iḫ-li-iq
- the female slave that was purchased escaped
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Phonetic
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- 𒊩𒆳 (GEME₂)
- 𒊕𒊩𒆳 (SAG.GEME₂) (frequent in Old Babylonian)
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