šasûm

Akkadian

Root
š-s-y
1 term

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈsuːm/

Verb

šasûm (G, i, durative išassi, perfect ištassi, preterite išsi, imperative šisi) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to cry out, shout, make a loud noise

   𒆠𒈠 𒆷𒇷𒄿𒅎 𒄿𒈾 𒈠𒀀𒀀𒇷𒊭 𒄿𒊭𒊍𒍣

   [kīma lalîm ina mayālīša išassi]

   ki-ma la-li-i-im i-na ma-a-a-li-ša i-ša-as-si₂

   She cries out in her bed like a kid.

2. to proclaim, announce, utter, exclaim
3. to call, summon, invoke, invite, appeal to, demand, call for
4. to call by a name, declare, name, name a price
5. to read

Alternative forms

• šasû (non-mimated)
• šasā'um (Old Assyrian)
• sasā'u (Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅗 (KA, GU₃) 𒅗𒌤 (GU₃.DE₂) 𒌤 (DE₂)	𒊭𒍪𒌝 (ša-su₂-um) 𒊭𒋢𒌑 (ša-su-u₂) 𒊭𒋢𒌋 (ša-su-u) 𒃻𒋢𒌑 (ša₂-su-u₂) 𒃻𒋢𒌋 (ša₂-su-u)

References

• “šasû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “šasû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library