Urušalim

Akkadian

𒌑𒊒𒊓𒅆𒆠 (Urušalim)

Etymology

From a West Semitic language. Compare Arabic أُورُشَلِيم (ʔūrušalīm) and Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם (yərušɔláyim).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ru.ʃa.lim/

Proper noun

Urušalim ? (Neo-Assyrian)

1. Jerusalem

Alternative forms

• Ursalimmu, Ursalimma (El-Amarna)

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒌑𒊒𒊓𒅆𒆠 (u₂-ru-ša₁₀-limki) 𒌷𒌑𒊒𒊓𒅆 (uruu₂-ru-ša₁₀-lim) 𒌷𒌑𒊒𒊓𒅆𒆠 (uruu₂-ru-ša₁₀-limki) 𒌷𒌨𒊓𒇷𒅎𒈠 (uruur-sa-li-im-ma) 𒌷𒌨𒊓𒇷𒅎𒈬 (uruur-sa-li-im-mu)

References

• The Amarna Letters
• The Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo) Project: Ursalimmu/Ursalimma