kārum
Akkadian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈkaː.rum/
Noun
kārum m (plural kārū) (from Old Akkadian on)
- embankment, quay wall, mooring place
- harbour, port
- trading station, community of merchants
- (Old Babylonian) price of a unit of merchandise
Alternative forms
- kāru (non-mimated)
- karru (Neo-Babylonian)
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References
- “kāru 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) “kāru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library