mītum

Akkadian
Root
m-w-t
3 terms

Etymology

Verbal adjective of 𒁁 (mâtum, “to die”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mītum (feminine mīttum, masculine plural mītūtum, feminine plural mītātum) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. dead

Alternative forms
  • mīttu (non-mimated)
  • mētum, mētu (Assyrian)
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒁁 (UŠ₂)
  • 𒁀𒁁 (BA.UŠ₂)
  • 𒃵 (GAM) (Neo-Babylonian)
  • 𒈪𒄿𒌈 (mi-i-tum)
  • 𒈪𒂊𒌈 (mi-e-tum)
  • 𒈪𒄿𒌅 (mi-i-tu)
  • 𒈪𒂊𒌅 (mi-e-tu)

References
  • “mītu”, 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), “mītu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
  • Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns
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