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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *piʔat- (side, edge, front). Cognate with Arabic فِئَة (fiʔa, “class, division”) and Biblical Hebrew פֵּאָה (peʾɔ, “edge, corner”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pūtum f (construct state pūt or pūti, plural pâtum or pūtātu) (from Old Akkadian on)
- forehead, front, brow
- facade
- (with ina) opposite, in front of
Usage notes
The plural form pūtātu is found in Middle Assyrian and Middle Babylonian texts.
Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- 𒊕 (SAG)
- 𒊕𒆠 (SAG.KI)
- 𒍠 (ZAG)
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- 𒁍𒌑𒌈 (pu-u₂-tum)
- 𒁍𒌋𒌈 (pu-u-tum)
- 𒁍𒌑𒁺 (pu-u₂-tum₂)
- 𒁍𒌈 (pu-tum)
- 𒁍𒁺 (pu-tum₂)
- 𒁍𒌑𒌅 (pu-u₂-tu)
- 𒁍𒌋𒌅 (pu-u-tu)
- 𒁍𒌋𒌓 (pu-u-tu₂)
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References
- “pūtu”, 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) “pūtu(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag