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Akkadian
Etymology
Adverbial accusative of 𒈪 (mūšum, “night”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
mūšam (Old Babylonian, Mari, Boghazkeui, El-Amarna, Standard Babylonian)
- at night, tonight
- last night, yesterday
Cuneiform spellings
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- 𒈬𒊭𒄠 (mu-ša-am)
- 𒈬𒊭 (mu-ša)
- 𒈬𒌑𒊭 (mu-u₂-ša)
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References
- “mūša”, 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) “mūšu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag