dāmum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *dam- (“blood”). Cognate with Arabic دَم (dam) and Biblical Hebrew דָּם (dɔ́m).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.mum/

Noun

dāmum m (construct state dām or dāmi, plural dāmū)

1. blood
2. (Standard Babylonian) lineage
3. red wine

Alternative forms

• dāmu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒁁 (UŠ₂) 𒁁𒎌 (UŠ₂.MEŠ) (pl)	𒁕𒀀𒈬𒌝 (da-a-mu-um) 𒁕𒀀𒈬 (da-a-mu) 𒁕𒈬 (da-mu)

Related terms

• bēl dāmim (“murderer, slayer”)

 

References

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