tinūrum

Akkadian

Root
n-w-r
1 term

Etymology

From the same root as 𒈾𒉿𒀀𒀸 (nawārum, “to shine brightly”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /tiˈnuː.rum/

Noun

tinūrum m (plural tinūrū) (Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian)

1. oven, kiln, tannour
2. (astronomy) an undetermined star or constellation

Alternative forms

• tinūru (non-mimated)
• tenūru

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅎𒋗𒆸 (IM.ŠU.RIN) 𒅎𒋗𒆸𒈾 (IM.ŠU.RIN.NA) 𒋗𒆸𒈾 (DILINA₂) 𒇌 (DILINA) 𒇅 (NINDU) 𒀯𒅎𒋗𒆸𒈾 (mulIM.ŠU.RIN.NA) (astronomy)	𒋾𒄿𒉡𒊒𒌝 (ti-i-nu-ru-um) 𒋾𒉡𒀸 (ti-nu-rum) 𒋾𒉡𒊒 (ti-nu-ru)

References

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