gulgullum

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Akkadian

𒄢𒄢 𒀀𒉿𒅆 (gulgul awīlim)

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic جُمْجُمَة (jumjuma) and Biblical Hebrew גֻּלְגֹּ֫לֶת (gulgólɛṯ). Compare also Egyptian

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(ḏꜣḏꜣ, head).

Pronunciation

Noun

gulgullum m (construct state gulgul, plural gulgullū or gulgullātum f) (from Old Babylonian on)

  1. skull
  2. (Neo-Babylonian) container shaped like a human skull

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References

  • “gulgullu”, 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) “gulgullu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag