ṣurrum

Akkadian

𒎎𒅗 (ṣurrum)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯ̣urr- (“flint”). Cognate with Arabic ظُرَر (ẓurar) and Biblical Hebrew צֹר (ṣor).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈsˤur.rum/

Noun

ṣurrum m (Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, El-Amarna, Nuzi)

1. flint, obsidian
2. flint blade

Alternative forms

• ṣurru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒎎𒅗 (na₄ZU₂, na₄KA)	𒀫𒀸 (ṣur-rum) 𒀫𒊒 (ṣur-ru)

References

• “ṣurru A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “ṣurru”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library