šeleppûm

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šalaḥpaw/y-, *šalapḥaw/y- (“turtle”). Cognate with Arabic سُلَحْفَاة‎ (sulaḥfāh) and Biblical Hebrew שַׁלְחוּפָה‎ (šalḥup̄ɔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

šeleppûm m (plural šeleppû) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. turtle
  2. a type of snake

Alternative forms
  • šeleppû (non-mimated)
  • šilippû
  • šelappû (Neo-Assyrian)
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒃻𒅮𒈾 (NIG₂.BUN₂.NA)
  • 𒃻𒅮𒈾𒄩 (NIG₂.BUN₂.NA.KU₆)
  • 𒊺𒈜𒁍𒌑 (še-lep-pu-u₂)
  • 𒊺𒈜𒁍𒌋 (še-lep-pu-u)
  • 𒊺𒆷𒁍𒌑 (še-la-pu-u₂)
  • 𒅆𒇷𒁍𒌑 (ši-li-pu-u₂)

Derived terms
  • šeleppūtum (“she-turtle”)

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