miḫiṣtum

Akkadian

Root
m-ḫ-ṣ
2 terms

Etymology

From 𒈠𒄩𒍮 (maḫāṣum, “to beat; to weave”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /miˈχisˤ.tum/

Noun

miḫiṣtum f (plural miḫṣātum) (Standard Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian)

1. cuneiform wedge, stroke (of the stylus)
2. wound

Alternative forms

• miḫiṣtu (non-mimated)
• miḫištu, miḫiltu
• miḫilētu (Neo-Babylonian, in the plural)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅗𒋧 (GU₃.SUM) 𒄖𒋧 (GU.SUM)	𒈪𒄭𒄑𒌈 (mi-ḫi-iṣ-tum) 𒈪𒄭𒄑𒌅 (mi-ḫi-iṣ-tu) 𒈪𒄭𒅋𒌈 (mi-ḫi-il-tum) 𒈪𒄴𒍝𒌈 (mi-iḫ-ṣa-tum) (plural)

References

• “miḫiṣtu”, 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) “miḫiṣtu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag