ṭupšarrum

Akkadian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sumerian 𒁾𒊬 (dubsar, “scribe”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ṭupšarrum m (construct state ṭupšar, plural ṭupšarrū)

1. scribe, tablet writer
   • 𒌅𒌒𒊭𒊒𒌝 𒀜𒋫 𒌅𒌒𒊭𒊒𒌝 𒀀𒈾𒆪

     [ṭupšarrum atta? ṭupšarrum anāku]

     tu-up-ša-ru-um at-ta tu-up-ša-ru-um a-na-ku

     Are you a scribe? Yes, I am a scribe

     (Mélanges Birot 73 Ni 9688)

Alternative forms

• ṭupšarru (non-mimated)
• tupšarrum, tupšarru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒁾𒊬 (DUB.SAR) 𒇽𒁾𒊬 (LU₂.DUB.SAR) 𒇽𒋃 (LU₂.ŠID/UMBISAG)	𒁾𒊬𒀸 (ṭup-šar-rum) 𒌅𒌒𒊭𒊒𒌝 (tu-up-ša-ru-um)

Descendants

• → Mishnaic Hebrew: טַפְסָר (ṭap̄sɔ́r, “scribe”)

References

• “ṭupšarru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011