šubultum

Akkadian

Root
š-b-l
1 term

𒋗𒁍𒌌𒌈 (šubultum)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šu(n)bulat- (“spike”). Cognate with Arabic سُنْبُلَة (sunbula) and Biblical Hebrew שִׁבֹּלֶת (šibbólɛṯ).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈbul.tum/

Noun

šubultum f (plural šubullātum) (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Middle Assyrian)

1.  ear, spike (of a crop)
2. (Middle Assyrian)
3. (astronomy) Spica

Alternative forms

• šubultu (non-mimated)
• šubiltu

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒋗𒁍𒌌𒌈 (šu-bu-ul-tum) 𒋗𒁍𒌌𒌅 (šu-bu-ul-tu) 𒋗𒇧𒌓 (šu-bul-tu₂)

References

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