tamšīlum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From the verb 𒈠𒃻𒈝 (ma-ša₂-lum, “to be(come) equal”). Cognate with Arabic تِمْثَال (timṯāl). Compare also Arabic مِثَال (miṯāl) and and Biblical Hebrew מָשָׁל (mɔšɔ́l). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tamˈʃiː.lum/ === Noun === tamšīlum m (plural tamšīlātum f) (Old Akkadian, Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian) likeness, replica, effigy image, resemblance, counterpart, equivalent, peer a type of drinking vessel a type of bird, perhaps a type of wild dove (compare Hebrew תָּסִיל (tɔsíl) and Aramaic תְּסִילָא (təsīlā)). ==== Alternative forms ==== tamšīlu (non-mimated) tanšīlu ==== Descendants ==== → Sumerian: 𒁮𒅆𒈝 (tam₂-ši-lum /⁠tamšilum)⁠/) === References === “tamšīlu”, 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), “tamšīlu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library