Akkadian Addenda · Signs
child
| Name | TUR |
|---|---|
| Reads | [mārum] |
| Means | veteran — TUR gains [mārum]: the son-sign DUMU as a sumerogram |
| Taught in | 11 · An eye for an eye |
| In Sumerian | the same sign's Sumerian page |
Where it comes from
The child-sign of 101 — tur, “small, young,” and dumu, “child, son.” Akkadian kept the second reading whole as a sumerogram: on the stele it is DUMU, in the mouth it is mārum, “son” — construct mār, endlessly stacked in names and laws alike.
How to remember it
The smallest sign in the family carries the family: where a son’s rights, body or inheritance are at stake, the little child-sign stands in the line — and Babylon says mārum.
In the wild
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Akkadian reading taught in 103’s chapter 11.