uṣurtum

Akkadian

Root
'-ṣ-r
1 term

Etymology

From 𒄯 (eṣērum, “to draw, design”). Compare with Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra) and Biblical Hebrew צוּרָה (ṣurɔ́).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

uṣurtum f (plural uṣurātum) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. line drawing, plan, building plan, layout, patterns, lines, picture, engraving, relief
2. (transferred sense, usually in the plural) devine designs, plans, ordinances

Alternative forms

• uṣurtu (non-mimated)
• ṣurtu (occasionally)
• iṣurtum, iṣurtu
• eṣurtu (Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄑𒄯 (GIŠ.ḪUR) 𒄯 (ḪUR)	𒌑𒍪𒌨𒌈 (u₂-ṣu₂-ur-tum) 𒌑𒍪𒌫𒌈 (u₂-ṣu₂-ur₂-tum) 𒌑𒍮𒌨𒌈 (u₂-ṣu-ur-tum) 𒄿𒍪𒌨𒌈 (i-ṣu₂-ur-tum) 𒌑𒀫𒌈 (u₂-ṣur-tum) 𒌑𒍪𒌨𒁺 (u₂-ṣu₂-ur-tu₃) 𒌑𒀫𒌓 (u₂-ṣur-tu₂)

References

• “uṣurtu A”, 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) “uṣurtu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “iṣurtu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag