mātum

Akkadian

Pronunciation

Noun

mātum f (plural mātātum) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. (political unit) home country, native land
  2. land (in contrast to sea), flat country (in contrast to mountain)
  3. foreign country/territory
  4. inhabitants of a country

Alternative forms

mātu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic Mixed
  • 𒆳 (KUR)
  • 𒌦 (KALAM) (Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian)
  • 𒈠𒁕 (MA.DA) (Old Akkadian, Neo-Babylonian)
  • 𒆳𒆳 (KUR.KUR) (plural)
  • 𒈠𒀀𒌈 (ma-a-tum)
  • 𒈠𒀀𒌓 (ma-a-tu₂)
  • 𒆳𒆠𒌈 (KUR.KI-tum)

Descendants
  • → Aramaic: מתא‎ (māṯā, “region, country, town”)
  • → Sumerian: 𒈠𒁕 (ma-da /mada/)

References
  • “mātu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 10, M, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977
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