tīlum

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Akkadian

𒇯 (tīlum)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *tall- (hill). Cognate with Arabic تَلّ (tall) and Biblical Hebrew תֵּל (tel).

Pronunciation

Noun

tīlum m (plural tīlū) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1.  mound, heap, tell
    𒇯 𒀀𒁍𒁉𒅎 [tīl abūbim] ― DU₆ a-bu-bi-im ― hill of ruins made by the Deluge

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References

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