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Akkadian
Etymology
From 𒀀𒉿𒈝 (awīlum) + -𒌈 (-tum, feminine marker).
Pronunciation
Noun
awīltum f (plural awīlātum) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)
- (free) woman, lady
𒀀𒉿𒅋𒌈 𒌑𒌌 𒍢𒄴𒊑𒀉 𒊏𒁉𒀜- [awīltum ul ṣeḫret rabiat]
- a-wi-il-tum u₂-ul ṣe-eḫ-re-et ra-bi-at
- The lady is not too young, she is grown up.
- female, feminine
- an epithet for Bēlessunu, a goddess
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- 𒊩 (MUNUS, SAL) (only EA and Nuzi)
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References
- “amīltu”, 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) “awīltum”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag