kārum

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Akkadian

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Etymology

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From Sumerian 𒋼𒀀 (kar).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kārum m (plural kārū) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. embankment, quay wall, mooring place
  2. harbour, port
  3. trading station, community of merchants
  4. (Old Babylonian) price of a unit of merchandise

Alternative forms

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Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic

References

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  • “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