ašāgum

Akkadian

Etymology

Unknown. Compare perhaps Arabic شَوْك (šawk, “thorn”), عَوْسَج (ʕawsaj), and Biblical Hebrew שֵׂךְ (śeḵ, “thorn”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /aˈʃaː.ɡum/

Noun

ašāgum m (Babylonian, Boghazkeui)

1.  a common spiny plant, perhaps a camelthorn

Alternative forms

• ašāgu (non-mimated)
• ešēgu (Boghazkeui)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒌑𒄉 (KIŠI₁₆, U₂.GIR₂) 𒄑𒌑𒄉 (GIŠ.KIŠI₁₆, GIŠ.U₂.GIR₂)	𒀀𒊭𒄖𒌝 (a-ša-gu-um) 𒀀𒊭𒄖 (a-ša-gu) 𒀀𒃻𒄖 (a-ša₂-gu) 𒂊𒊺𒄖 (e-še-gu) 𒂊𒊺𒆪 (e-še-ku)

References

• “ašāgu”, 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) “ašāgu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library