egertu
Akkadian
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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)
Alternative forms
- egirtu, igirtu, igertu
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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, via the electronic Babylonian Library