kārum

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Akkadian

Etymology

From Sumerian 𒋼𒀀 (kar).

Pronunciation

Noun

kārum m (plural kārū) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. embankment, quay wall, mooring place
  2. harbour, port
  3. trading station, community of merchants
  4. (Old Babylonian) price of a unit of merchandise

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
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References

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