egertu

Akkadian

Root
'-g-r
1 term

Etymology

From agāru (“to write down”). Compare Biblical Hebrew אִגֶּרֶת (ʔiggɛ́rɛṯ, “letter”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /eˈɡer.tu/

Noun

egertu f (plural egerātu) (Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian)

1. letter
2. tablet

   Synonym: 𒁾 (ṭuppum)

Alternative forms

• egirtu, igirtu, igertu

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒂊𒄈𒌅 (e-gir₂-tu) 𒂊𒄈𒌓 (e-gir₂-tu₂) 𒂊𒄈𒋼 (e-gir₂-te) 𒂊𒄈𒋾 (e-gir₂-ti)

References

• “egirtu”, 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) “egertu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag