narûm

Akkadian

𒈾𒆕𒀀 (narûm)

Etymology

From Sumerian 𒈾𒆕𒀀 (na-ru₂-a /⁠narua⁠/, “stela”).

Noun

narûm m (base naru or narā, plural narû) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. stela (for publicising inscriptions, decrees, etc.)
   • 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, translated by CDLI, Hammurabi Code‎^[1], The Louvre, Epilogue, lines 74–78:

     𒀀𒉿𒋾𒅀 𒋗𒆪𒊏𒁴 𒄿𒈾 𒈾𒊒𒅀 𒀸𒄙𒈠 𒄿𒈾 𒈠𒄯 𒀩𒅀 𒈗 𒈪𒊭𒊑𒅎 𒌑𒆠𒅔

     [awâtīya šūqurātim ina narîya ašṭur-ma ina maḫar ṣalmīya šar mīšarim ukīn]

     a-wa-ti-ia šu-qu₂-ra-tim i-na na-ru-ia aš-ṭur-ma i-na ma-ḫar ALAN-ia LUGAL mi-ša-ri-im u₂-ki-in

     I wrote my precious words on my stela and placed them under a representation of me as king of justice

2. (Middle Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian) boundary stone

Alternative forms

• narû (non-mimated)
• naruā'um (Old Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒈾𒆕𒀀 (NA.RU₂.A) 𒎎𒈾𒆕𒀀 (na₄NA.RU₂.A) 𒃻𒈾 (NIG₂.NA)	𒈾𒊒𒌑 (na-ru-u₂) 𒈾𒊒𒌋 (na-ru-u)

References

• “narû A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[2], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “narû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns