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Akkadian
Etymology
From the verb 𒈠𒃻𒈝 (ma-ša₂-lum, “to be(come) equal”). Cognate with Arabic تِمْثَال (timṯāl). Compare also Arabic مِثَال (miṯāl) and and Biblical Hebrew מָשָׁל (mɔšɔ́l).
Pronunciation
Noun
tamšīlum m (plural tamšīlātum f) (Old Akkadian, Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)
- likeness, replica, effigy
- image, resemblance, counterpart, equivalent, peer
- a type of drinking vessel
- a type of bird, perhaps a type of wild dove (compare Hebrew תָּסִיל (tɔsíl) and Aramaic תְּסִילָא (təsīlā)).
Cuneiform spellings
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- 𒁮𒅆𒈝 (tam₂-ši-lum)
- 𒌓𒅆𒈝 (tam-ši-lum)
- 𒋫𒄠𒅆𒇻 (ta-am-ši-lu)
- 𒌓𒅆𒇻 (tam-ši-lu)
- 𒁮𒅆𒇴 (tam₂-ši-lam) (accusative)
- 𒋫𒄠𒅆𒅋 (ta-am-ši-il) (construct state)
- 𒋫𒀭𒅆𒅋 (ta-an-ši-il) (construct state)
- 𒌓𒅆𒅋 (tam-ši-il) (construct state)
- 𒌓𒋻 (tam-šil) (construct state)
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Descendants
- → Sumerian: 𒁮𒅆𒈝 (tam₂-ši-lum /tamšilum)/)
References
- “tamšīlu”, 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) “tamšīlu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag