tīlum

Akkadian

𒇯 (tīlum)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *tall- (hill). Cognate with Arabic تَلّ (tall) and Biblical Hebrew תֵּל (tel).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.lum/

Noun

tīlum m (plural tīlū) (from Old Akkadian on)

1.  mound, heap, tell

   𒇯 𒀀𒁍𒁉𒅎 [tīl abūbim] ― DU₆ a-bu-bi-im ― hill of ruins made by the Deluge

Alternative forms

• tīlu (non-mimated)
• tillum, tēlu

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒇯 (DU₆)	𒋾𒄿𒈝 (ti-i-lum) 𒋾𒇻 (ti-lu)

References

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