gulgullum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === Cognate with Arabic جُمْجُمَة (jumjuma) and Biblical Hebrew גֻּלְגֹּ֫לֶת (gulgólɛṯ). Compare also Egyptian (ḏꜣḏꜣ, “head”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡulˈɡul.lum/ === Noun === gulgullum m (construct state gulgul, plural gulgullū or gulgullātum f) (from Old Babylonian on) skull (Neo-Babylonian) container shaped like a human skull ==== Alternative forms ==== gulgullu (non-mimated) gulgullatum, gulgullatu === References === “gulgullu”, 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), “gulgullu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library