šaṭārum

Akkadian
Root
š-ṭ-r
2 terms

Etymology

Unknown. The noun is derived from the infinitive of the verb.

Pronunciation

Noun

šaṭārum m (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Late Babylonian)

  1. copy, exemplar, text, inscription, writing, written document

Alternative forms
  • šaṭṭāru (Neo-Assyrian)
  • šaṭārānu (Neo-Babylonian, plural)
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒃻𒁕𒀸 (ša₂-ṭa-rum)
  • 𒃻𒁕𒊒 (ša₂-ṭa-ru)
  • 𒆳𒁕𒊒 (šaṭ-ṭa-ru)
  • 𒃻𒁕𒊑 (ša₂-ṭa-ri)
  • 𒃻𒁕𒊑𒎌 (ša₂-ṭa-ri.MEŠ) (plural)
  • 𒃻𒁕𒊏𒉡 (ša₂-ṭa-ra-nu) (Neo-Babylonian, plural)
  • 𒃻𒋻 (ša₂-ṭar) (construct state)
  • 𒃻𒁯 (ša₂-ṭar₂) (construct state)

Descendants
  • → Aramaic: שְׁטָרָא‎ (šṭārā), ܫܛܪܐ‎ (šṭārā)
  • Mishnaic Hebrew: שְׁטָר‎ (šəṭɔ́r)

Verb

šaṭārum (G, a-u, durative išaṭṭar, perfect ištaṭar, preterite išṭur, imperative šuṭur) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1.  to write down, inscribe, copy
  2. to issue a legal document
  3. to list, register, record
  4. to assign

Conjugation
Conjugation
Infinitive šaṭārum
Participle šāṭirum
Adjective šaṭrum
Active Durative Preterite Perfect Imperative
1.sg ašaṭṭar ašṭur aštaṭar lušṭur
2.sg m tašaṭṭar tašṭur taštaṭar šuṭur
f tašaṭṭarī tašṭurī taštaṭrī šuṭrī
3.sg išaṭṭar išṭur ištaṭar lišṭur
1.pl nišaṭṭar nišṭur ništaṭar i nišṭur
2.pl tašaṭṭarā tašṭurā taštaṭrā šuṭrā
3.pl m išaṭṭarū išṭurū ištaṭrū lišṭurū
f išaṭṭarā išṭurā ištaṭrā lišṭurā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒊬 (SAR)
  • 𒅔𒊬 (IN.SAR)
  • 𒀊𒊬 (AB.SAR)
  • 𒀊𒊬𒀀𒀭 (AB.SAR.AM₃)
  • 𒄑 (GIŠ)
  • 𒁺 (GUB, DU)
  • 𒃻𒁕𒊒 (ša₂-ṭa-ru)
  • 𒃻𒁕𒀀𒊒 (ša₂-ṭa-a-ru)

Descendants
  • → Classical Syriac: ܣܛܰܪ‎ (sṭar, “to carve, write down”)

References
  • “šaṭāru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “šaṭāru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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