abullum

Akkadian
๐’†๐’ƒฒ ๐’€ธ๐’‹ฉ๐’†  (abul Aลกลกลซr)

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

Noun

abullum f (construct state abul, pronominal state abulla, plural abullฤtum) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

  1. entrance gate (of a city, building or building complex)

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • ๐’€€๐’๐’ŒŒ๐’ˆ (a-bu-ul-lum)
  • ๐’€€๐’‡ง๐’ˆ (a-bul-lum)
  • ๐’€€๐’๐’ŒŒ๐’‡ป (a-bu-ul-lu)
  • ๐’€€๐’๐’ŒŒ (a-bu-ul) (construct state)

Descendants
  • โ†’ Aramaic: ืึทื‘ึผื•ึผืœึธืโ€Ž (สพabbรปlฤ, โ€œcity gate; portico, entrywayโ€)
    • โ†’ Hebrew: ืึทื‘ึผื•ึผืœโ€Ž (abbรบl, สพabbรปl, โ€œarcade, gatewayโ€)

References
  • โ€œabulluโ€, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956โ€“2011
  • Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), โ€œabullu(m)โ€, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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