Urum (Babylonia)

Urum (Babylonia)

Urum was a city of northern Mesopotamia.The toponym is written in cuneiform as ÚR×Ú.KI, URUM4 = ÚR×ḪA, besides ÚR×A.ḪA.KI, from earlier (pre-Ur III) ÚR.A.ḪA. Its precise location is uncertain.

References

*Piotr Steinkeller, "On the Reading and Location of the Toponyms ÚR×Ú.KI and A.ḪA.KI", Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Jan., 1980), pp. 23-33
*Gilbert J. P. McEwan, "The Writing of Urum in Pre-Ur III Sources", Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan., 1981), pp. 56


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