amtum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔamat- (“maidservant”). Cognate with Arabic أَمَة (ʔama, “female slave”) and Biblical Hebrew אָמָה (ʔɔmɔ́, “female servant”).

Pronunciation

Noun

amtum f (construct state amat, plural amātum) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. female slave, female servant
    𒄠𒌈 𒊭𒄠𒌈 𒄴𒇷𒅅
    [amtum šāmtum iḫliq]
    am-tum ša-am-tum iḫ-li-iq
    the female slave that was purchased escaped

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒊩𒆳 (GEME₂)
  • (frequent in Old Babylonian) 𒊕𒊩𒆳 (SAG.GEME₂)
  • 𒄠𒌈 (am-tum)
  • 𒄠𒌅 (am-tu)
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