kāsum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kaʔs- (“cup, goblet”). Cognate with Arabic كَأْس (kaʔs) and Biblical Hebrew כּוֹס (kos).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.sum/

Noun

kāsum m or f (plural kāsātum f or kāsānū f)

1. a cup, goblet, bowl
2. (as a capacity measure): cup

Alternative forms

• kāsu (non-mimated form)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒃲 (GAL) 𒄘𒍣 (GU₂.ZI) (Middle Babylonian) 𒂁𒄘𒍣 (DUG.GU₂.ZI) (Middle Babylonian)	𒂵𒍪𒌝 (ka₃-su₂-um) (Old Akkadian) 𒅗𒍪𒌝 (ka-su₂-um) 𒅗𒍮 (ka-sum₂) (Old Babylonian, Mari) 𒅗𒀀𒋢 (ka-a-su)