Ašqaluna

Akkadian

Etymology

From Northwest Semitic; compare Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן (′ašqəlōn).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaʃ.qa.lu.na/

Proper noun

Ašqaluna • (/Ašqaluna/) (El-Amarna)

Ashkelon
- Amarna letter EA 287, lines 14-16
- 𒀀𒄯 𒆳 𒌷𒄤𒊑𒆠 𒆳 𒌷𒀸𒋡𒇻𒈾𒆠 𒅇 𒌷𒆷𒆠𒋛𒆠 𒄿𒁷𒉡 𒀀𒈾 𒊭𒋗𒉡 𒃻𒄭𒀀 𒉌𒄭𒀀 𒅇 𒈪𒅎𒈠 𒈠𒄴𒍣𒊏𒈬
  a-mur KUR ^urugaz-ri^ki KUR ^uruaš-qa-lu-na^ki u₃ ^urula-ki-si^ki i-din-nu a-na ša-šu-nu NINDA.ḪI.A I₃.ḪI.A u₃ mi-im-ma ma-aḫ-zi-ra-mu
  /amur māt Gazri māt Ašqaluna u Lakisi iddinnū ana šâšunu akalī šamnī u mimma mahzirāmū/
  Look, the land of Gezer, the land of Ashkelon, and L[achish] gave bread, oil, and everything else (their needs) to them.

Alternative forms

Asqaluna
Isqaluna
Išqilunu

Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
(Amarna) 𒌷𒀸𒋡𒇻𒈾 (^uruaš-qa-lu-na) (Amarna) 𒌷𒀸𒋡𒇻𒈾𒆠 (^uruaš-qa-lu-na^ki) (Amarna) 𒌷𒀸𒂵𒇻𒈾𒆠 (^uruaš-qa₂-lu-na^ki) (Neo-Assyrian) 𒆳𒊍𒋡𒇻𒈾 (^KURas-qa-lu-na) (Neo-Assyrian) 𒆳𒄑𒋡𒀠𒇻𒆠 (^KURis-qa-al-lu-na) (Neo-Assyrian) 𒌷𒄑𒋡𒀠𒇻𒈾 (^URUis-qa-al-lu-na) (Neo-Assyrian) 𒆳𒄑𒋡𒇻𒈾 (^KURis-qa-lu-na) (Neo-Assyrian) 𒌷𒄑𒋡𒇻𒈾 (^URUis-qa-lu-na) (Neo-Babylonian) 𒌷𒅖𒆥𒅋𒇻𒉡 (^URUiš-qi-il-lu-nu)