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Use of Sumerian cuneiform
A Sumerogram is the use of a Sumerian cuneiform character or group of characters as an ideogram or logogram rather than a syllabogram in the graphic representation
Sumerogram
Cuneiform sign
ERIM is the capital letter-(majuscule) Sumerogram for the Akkadian language word army, or "troops". The akkadian language word for army is ("ṣābu"-using
ERIM_(Sumerogram)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to URU (city Sumerogram). The cuneiform sign URU is a relatively distinctive sign in the cuneiform sign lists; with
URU_(Sumerogram)
Cuneiform sign
Wikimedia Commons has media related to ŠEŠ (brother Sumerogram). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cuneiform signs, Amarna letters. The cuneiform
ŠEŠ
Cuneiform sign
Wikimedia Commons has media related to LÚ (man Sumerogram). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cuneiform signs, Amarna letters. The cuneiform sign
LÚ
Cuneiform sign
cuneiform sign MÁ denotes a ship or boat. It is used in Sumerian and as a Sumerogram for the Akkadian word eleppu (also 'ship'/'boat'). MÁ is usually preceded
MÁ
Cuneiform sign
media related to DAGAL (extensive Sumerogram). The cuneiform DAGAL sign, which is a capital letter (majuscule) Sumerogram with the Akkadian language meaning
DAGAL
Cuneiform sign
related to Kur (cuneiform). The cuneiform kur sign, (in cuneiform: 𒆳; as Sumerogram, KUR), has many uses in both the 14th century BC Amarna letters and the
Kur_(cuneiform)
Bronze Age people of the Fertile Crescent
term Ḫabiru occasionally alternates with the Sumerograms sa.gaz. Akkadian dictionaries for Sumerograms added to sa.gaz the gloss ḫabatu "raider", which
ʿApiru
Ancient Mesopotamian script
syllabograms, Akkadograms or Sumerograms. Syllabograms are characters that represent a syllable. Akkadograms and Sumerograms are ideograms originally from
Hittite_cuneiform
The cuneiform an sign (or sumerogram AN, in Akkadian consisting of ASH 𒀸 and MAŠ 𒈦), is a common, multi-use sign, a syllabic for an, and an alphabetic
An_(cuneiform)
Cuneiform sign
besides "ne", in the Epic of Gilgamesh: bil-(=bí (bi2)) kúm ne pil ṭè BIL (Sumerogram usage) NE The sign is a "two-part" compound sign. The center and left
Ne_(cuneiform)
Semitic storm god
originating in northern Mesopotamia, Adad was identified by the same Sumerogram dIM that designated Iškur in the south. His worship became widespread
Hadad
Cuneiform sign
cuneiform sign 𒀀 (DIŠ, DIŠ OVER DIŠ) for a, and in the Epic of Gilgamesh the sumerogram A, Akkadian for mû, "water", which is used in the Gilgamesh flood myth
A_(cuneiform)
Cuneiform sign
The cuneiform sign KÁ, for gate is the Sumerogram-(logogram) used in the Amarna letters and the Epic of Gilgamesh; as just KÁ it means "gate" or "doorway"
KÁ
Topics referred to by the same term
both at Erasmus University Rotterdam ERIM (army Sumerogram), the capital letter-(majuscule) sumerogram for the Akkadian language word army, or "troops"
Erim
Cuneiform sign
ARAD, (also ÌR or NITÁ) is the capital letter-(majuscule) Sumerogram for the Akkadian language word "ardu", for servant. It is used especially in the introduction
ARAD_(Sumerogram)
Sumerian term for rulers
head or chief (of a unit, such as a family). As a cuneiform logograph (Sumerogram) LUGAL (Unicode: 𒈗, rendered in Neo Assyrian). Look up 𒈗, 𒈘, or 𒈙
Lugal
Writing system of the ancient Near East
sometimes, entire sign combinations with logographic value are known as Sumerograms, a type of heterogram. The East Semitic languages employed equivalents
Cuneiform
Cuneiform sign
Amarna letters, and other cuneiform texts. It also has a major usage as a sumerogram, GIŠ, (capital letter (majuscule)) for English language "wood", and is
Giš
Language of ancient Sumer and Babylon
may have functioned as a prestigious way of "encoding" Akkadian via Sumerograms (cf. Japanese kanbun). Nonetheless, the study of Sumerian and copying
Sumerian_language
Chief goddess and wife of the weather god Tarḫunna in Hittite mythology
deities in the texts is difficult since most are simply written with the Sumerogram dUTU (Solar deity). As a result, the interpretation of the solar deities
Sun_goddess_of_Arinna
Cuneiform sign
sign for tur is used to denote one syllabic usage, tur, or the sign's Sumerograms; it is used in the Epic of Gilgamesh and the 14th century BC Amarna letters
Tur_(cuneiform)
Cuneiform sign
media related to Du (cuneiform). The cuneiform du sign, also kup, and sumerograms DU and GUB, is a common-use sign of the Epic of Gilgamesh, the 1350 BC
Du_(cuneiform)
Cuneiform sign
sometimes supplemented with Ri, and specifically used as Sumerogram SÀR (an equivalent Sumerogram to mean LUGAL) to be combined with RI to make sarru for
Ri_(cuneiform)
Cuneiform sign
ab/ap sign also has a corresponding capital letter (majuscule) usage as a sumerogram, as found in the Epic of Gilgamesh for AB, the Akkadian language for šību
Ab_(cuneiform)
Cuneiform sign
has media related to Zu (cuneiform). Cuneiform zu, (also sú, ṣú, and Sumerogram ZU (capital letter majuscule)), is an uncommon-use sign in the 1350s BC
Zu_(cuneiform)
Cuneiform sign
Cuneiform sign for aš, dil, ina, ṭel, and as sumerogram AŠ, (sign uses from the Epic of Gilgamesh).
Aš_(cuneiform)
Hurrian father of the gods
Archi, in a number of Hurrian texts Kumarbi’s name is represented by the sumerogram dNISABA. It was also used to refer to Dagan. Archi assumes both of these
Kumarbi
Cuneiform sign
The cuneiform ud sign, also ut, and with numerous other syllabic and Sumerogram uses, is a common sign for the mid 14th-century BC Amarna letters and
Ud_(cuneiform)
Series of ancient Mesopotamian glossaries
series of ancient Mesopotamian glossaries which preserve the semantics of Sumerograms, their phonetic value and their Akkadian or other language equivalents
Lexical_lists
Cuneiform sign
MUNUS, 𒊩, or SAL is the capital-letter (majuscule) Sumerogram for the Akkadian language word "ṣuhārtu", young woman, or woman. The word is commonly used
MUNUS
Cuneiform sign
The cuneiform hi/he sign, (and its Sumerograms), has many uses in both the 14th century BC Amarna letters and the Epic of Gilgamesh; also other texts
Hi_(cuneiform)
Cuneiform sign
referenced, in capital letters (a Sumerogram form), it is typically separated from other capital letter Sumerograms with a period. The name of the group
Meš
Canaanite solar deity
addition to attestations in Ugaritic texts, Amarna letter EA 323 uses the Sumerogram for the sun deity, dUTU, as a feminine noun (ša ti-ra-am dUTU, line 19);
Shapshu
cuneiform bi sign, also pí, and used for other syllabic forms, as well as a sumerogram, is a common use syllabic and alphabetic cuneiform sign used in both the
Bi_(cuneiform)
Linguistic root in Semitic languages
most Semitic languages. The Akkadian word for liver is spelled with the sumerogram 𒂂, transliterated kabtu; the Ugaritic cognate is spelled 𐎋𐎁𐎄 kbd.
K-B-D
Cuneiform sign
dan kal lab lap lép líb líp reb rib tan GURUŠ-(GURUŠ (young man Sumerogram) As sumerogram GURUŠ, it is only used for its Akkadian language meaning "eṭlu"-("young
Dan_(cuneiform)
Pronunciation guide accompanying logographic writing
occasionally uses phonetic complements to attach Hittite case endings to Sumerograms and Akkadograms. Phonetic complements should not be confused with determinatives
Phonetic_complement
Representation of foreign words in logogram writing systems
heterograms are referred to by terms identifying the source language such as "Sumerograms" or "Aramaeograms". Another example is kanji in Japanese, literally "Sinograms"
Heterogram_(linguistics)
Cuneiform sign
and qe. Besides its phonetic value it also serves as determiner or "Sumerogram" marking placenames. As a determiner, KI corresponds to Akkadian itti
Ki_(cuneiform)
Symbol in a logogram indicating meaning
case. Whether a given sign is a mere determinative (not pronounced) or a Sumerogram (a logographic spelling of a word intended to be pronounced) cannot always
Determinative
Cuneiform sign
renderings besides ru; as sign no. 068, ru, 250 times, šub, 6, šup, 3, and as Sumerogram ŠUB, 1 time. In the Amarna letters, the sign is mostly used for ru, r
Ru_(cuneiform)
Cuneiform sign
"squashed-X" alphabetic. KÚR is used and is defined as a capital-letter Sumerogram (majuscule), and specifically in the Akkadian language has the meaning
KÚR
Cuneiform sign
The cuneiform sign id, also it, and with other sub-uses, including a sumerogram, Á, for Akkadian language idû, (English: to know, to make known, recognize
Id_(cuneiform)
Hurrian weather god and king of the gods
represented in cuneiform by the sumerogram dIŠKUR. The same sign could also be read as /im/, “wind” or “storm”. Therefore, the sumerogram is sometimes rendered
Teshub
Script used to write the Elamite language
effectively is a coda consonant even there. Below is a partial list of Elamite Sumerograms. Elamite cuneiform is similar to that of Akkadian cuneiform except for
Elamite_cuneiform
Ancient Mesopotamian social class
instead, but this view is no longer accepted by modern Assyriologists. The Sumerogram NU.GIG (𒉡𒍼) could be used to write the term qadištu. Marten Stol argues
Qadištu
Mesopotamian goddess
such as Atra-Hasis. Nammu's name was represented in cuneiform by the Sumerogram ENGUR (LAGAB×ḪAL). Lexical lists provide evidence for multiple readings
Nammu
Consort of a weather god
worshipped in Tamita and Zapišḫuna. Her name is sometimes written with the Sumerogram IŠTAR or the compound IŠTAR-li. In Ḫurma, the goddess Anzili was considered
Anzili
Cuneiform sign
(cuneiform), . The "gi" sign has the syllabic usage for ge and gi, and a sumerogram usage for GI. Alphabetically "gi" can be used for g ("g" can be interchanged
Gi_(cuneiform)
Mesopotamian god representing the Amorites
Amurru, also known under the Sumerian name Martu (in Sumerian and Sumerograms: 𒀭𒈥𒌅), was a Mesopotamian god who served as the divine personification
Amurru_(god)
Cuneiform sign
Commons has media related to Pa (cuneiform). The cuneiform pa sign, (as Sumerogram, PA), has many uses in both the 14th century BC Amarna letters and the
Pa_(cuneiform)
Cuneiform sign
letters and the Epic of Gilgamesh. In the Epic it is also used as the Sumerogram MA, (for Akkadian language "mina", manû, a weight measure, as MA.NA, or
Ma_(cuneiform)
Ancient Hurrian-speaking state in northern Syria and southeast Anatolia
rendered forms interpreting "gal," meaning "great" in Sumerian, as a Sumerogram for Akkadian "rab" having the same meaning; "Ḫani-Rabbat" denoting "the
Mitanni
Cuneiform sign
subsidiary usage for syllabic qat; it also has a majuscule-(capital letter) Sumerogram usage for ŠU, for Akkadian language "qātu", the word for "hand". The cuneiform
Šu
Cuneiform sign
and "10"; occasionally for u) Cuneiform-AMAR, ṣur, zur--Sign No. 2---; Sumerogram: See!-(AMAR) (Akkadian, "amāru")-(Note: minus the vertical stroke) Cuneiform-di--Sign
U_(cuneiform)
Mesopotamian goddess
"mistress". It has been suggested that in Aya's case, it was used as a sumerogram representing the term "Lady". In Hurrian sources Aya was referred to as
Aya_(goddess)
Script of various Middle Iranian languages
Achaemenid Empire. Partly similar phenomena are found in the use of Sumerograms and Akkadograms in ancient Mesopotamia and the Hittite empire, and in
Pahlavi_scripts
Old language with established literature or use
Sumerian (literary language of Sumer, c. 26th to 23rd centuries BC) Sumerograms were used in Cuneiform even for non-Sumerian texts until the writing
Classical_language
Babylonian astronomy and astrology
This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. MUL.APIN (𒀯𒀳) is the
MUL.APIN
Eblaite, Ugaritic and Ancient Egyptian deity
Resheph also appears commonly alongside the sun deity, represented by the Sumerogram dUTU, though usually regarded as a goddess. He is also attested in association
Resheph
Cuneiform sign
(cuneiform), . The "zi" sign has the syllabic usage for ze and zi, and a Sumerogram usage for ZI. Alphabetically "zi" can be used for z ("z" can be interchanged
Zi_(cuneiform)
Cuneiform sign
syllabic meanings, as well as two Sumerograms, as follows: has haṣ kut qud qut šel šil tar ṭar SILA, "street Sumerogram" TAR, for Goddess Ishtar's name
Qut
Cuneiform sign
(for example Hittite texts). It is also used as MU in which case it is a Sumerogram meaning "name," "year" or "life." Linguistically, it has the alphabetical
Mu_(cuneiform)
Kulla, inscribed in cuneiform as dSIG4, where SIG4 was the Sumerogram for the Akkadian word libittu, meaning “brick,” was the Sumero-Babylonian brick-god
Kulla_(god)
Collection of texts found on the site of the city of Hattusas
and Hittite. Given that the writing is mostly in cuneiform, there are Sumerograms interspersed throughout the texts regardless of language. The Bogazkoy
Bogazköy_Archive
14th-century BCE Egyptian clay tablet
(from Burna-Buriash II of Babylon) which just uses the sumerogram KUG.GI for 'gold' (sumerogram KUG.GI = hurāṣu), EA 19 uses the plural form in some of
Amarna_letter_EA_19
Primordial figure from Hurrian and Mesopotamian mythology
Emar 370 (line 11) mentions a priest in his service, designated by the sumerogram lúSANGA. A holder of this office is referenced in the installation rite
Alalu
Cuneiform sign
has media related to Ši (cuneiform). The cuneiform sign ši, lim, and Sumerogram IGI is a common-use sign of the Amarna letters, the Epic of Gilgamesh
Ši
Cuneiform sign
The cuneiform sign for la (𒆷), and also in the Epic of Gilgamesh the sumerogram LA-(capital letter (majuscule), is a common-use sign for the Epic and
La_(cuneiform)
Group of Hurrian deities
Iyandu. Furthermore, in a single Hittite treaty a deity designated by the Sumerogram NIN.É.GAL appears among them. Additionally, anonymous divine ancestors
Hurrian_primeval_deities
Hittite goddess
and it is presumed the well attested priestesses referred to with the sumerogram MUNUS.MEŠAMA.DINGIRLIM (literally "mother of the deity") were involved
Ammamma
Cuneiform sign
Amarna letters, and the Epic of Gilgamesh. In the Epic it also has 5 sumerogram uses (capital letter (majuscule)). From Giorgio Buccellati (Buccellati
Bad_(cuneiform)
Hurrian goddess
goddess of Arinna, and a "tutelary deity of Hatti" (designated by the sumerogram dLAMMA, to be read as Inara or Inar). However, this placement of the pair
Ḫepat
Hittite grain deity
character differing. Possibly as early as in the Old Hittite period, the Sumerogram dNISABA came to be used as a logographic writing of Ḫalki's name in Hittite
Ḫalki
Archaeological culture of Mesopotamia
"Mesopotamian democracy" from a "primitive oligarchy". "Lugal" (Sumerian: 𒈗, a Sumerogram ligature of two signs: "𒃲" meaning "big" or "great" and "𒇽" meaning
Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)
Early_Dynastic_Period_(Mesopotamia)
Cuneiform sign
The cuneiform alphabetic um sign, also dup, tup, ṭup, and DUB, the Sumerogram (logogram), for Akkadian language "ṭuppu", (= the clay tablet), is found
Um_(cuneiform)
Cuneiform sign
specific words in the Akkadian language. Cuneiform ib also can be found as sumerogram URTA, (a capital letter (majuscule)), and for example it is used in the
Ib_(cuneiform)
Mesopotamian creation epic
some signs representing multiple phonetic values, and some representing sumerograms, multiple readings are possible. The first syllable of Rahab, written
Labbu
Anatolian Sun deity
Bronze Age, his name appears as Tiwad-. It can also be written with the Sumerogram dUTU ("God-Sun"). In Hieroglyphic Luwian of the Iron Age, the name can
Tiwaz_(Luwian_deity)
Topics referred to by the same term
Groupe d'Intervention Spécial), of Algeria Giš, a cuneiform sign GIŠ (wood Sumerogram), a cuneiform determinative prefix for wooden items North Giziga language
GIS_(disambiguation)
Cuneiform sign
has multiple sub-uses in the Epic of Gilgamesh, as well as use for the Sumerogram (capital letter (majuscule)), UR. In the Epic, UR is used to spell Akkadian
Ur_(cuneiform)
Mesopotamian writer
representation of the original written script characters of Babylonian 'Sumerograms' , "NIN- + UR.MAH + (plural:MEŠ)", and means, "woman–lion–plural", namely:
Lady_of_the_Lions
Luwian deity
Tarḫunt- (Tarḫuwant- in the oldest texts). He is also named using the Sumerograms dU ("God 10") or dIM ("God Wind"). In hieroglyphic Luwian, his name was
Tarḫunz
Atta mannu, “who are you?”, inscribed in cuneiform Sumerograms: A.BA.ME.EN.MEŠ, was an ancient Mesopotamian ritual or conjuration of uncertain content
Atta_mannu
Mesopotamian lunar god
ZU instead of d30. Uncommonly dNANNA was used in Akkadian texts as a sumerogram meant to be read as Sin. Next to Sin and Nanna, the best attested name
Sin_(mythology)
Hittite and Hurrian deity
LUGAL-ma and LUGAL-um-ma, which depended on the well attested use of the sumerogram LUGAL to render the phonetically similar Akkadian word šarru, "king".
Šarruma
Cuneiform sign
possibly an equivalent sign for the later version of DAGAL (extensive Sumerogram), , with an, , replacing the earlier version, the "star" (as Dingir),
Gáb
Cuneiform sign
restricted to "nu", but in the Epic of Gilgamesh, or elsewhere has a Sumerogram (capital letter, majuscule) use NU, and probably mostly for a component
Nu_(cuneiform)
Hattian weather god
dDa-a-ru or sporadically dŠa-a-ru . It could also be represented with the sumerograms dIŠKUR and d10, same as the names of other weather gods. It has been
Taru_(god)
Music of the Hittite people
in Hittite, Luwian or Hattian languages. Yet others are recorded in Sumerograms, so their actual Hittite names are not known to us. For understanding
Hittite_music
Palaic sun god
considered erroneous. It is presumed his name could also be represented by the Sumerogram dUTU, much like those of other solar deities mentioned in Hittite sources
Tiyaz
Babylonian clay tablet of numbers in Pythagorean triples
pūtum ("width"). Each number in the fourth column is preceded by the Sumerogram KI, which, according to Neugebauer & Sachs (1945), "gives them the character
Plimpton_322
Topics referred to by the same term
Archdiocese of Arad, an episcopal see of the Romanian Orthodox Church ARAD (Sumerogram), a letter in Sumerian cuneiform CFR Arad, a Romanian football club 1921–1985
Arad
Ancient Anatolian deity
where he usually appears in the proximity of gods designated by the Sumerogram ZABABA. It is possible that in some cases his own name was represented
Iyarri
"Brother-mine", the cuneiform for brother being used as the sumerogram: ŠEŠ (brother Sumerogram), since šeš (cuneiform) in the Epic of Gilgamesh is also
Ia_(cuneiform)
Cuneiform sign
Hittite language, and for that language, besides its usage as te, it is a Sumerogram (logogram or ideogram), and is used as a component in the word for "envoy"
Te_(cuneiform)
Ancient Mesopotamian deity
The ancient Mesopotamian deity Bunene, inscribed in cuneiform sumerograms as dḪAR and phonetically as dbu-ne-ne, was a subordinate to and sukkal ("vizier")
Bunene
Cuneiform sign
The cuneiform di sign, also de, ṭe, ṭi, and sumerograms DI and SÁ is a common-use sign of the Epic of Gilgamesh, the 1350 BC Amarna letters, and other
Di_(cuneiform)
SUMEROGRAM
SUMEROGRAM
SUMEROGRAM
SUMEROGRAM
Boy/Male
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Lamp
Boy/Male
French
Red haired.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Love, Service
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Chinese
Rye Meadow
Boy/Male
Tamil
(Celebrity Name: Meenakshi Sheshadri)
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Enjoyment
Girl/Female
Australian, German, Swedish
Brave Like a Bear; Strong Bear
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Morning; Dawn
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Jamaican, Portuguese, Swedish
Heard; God has Heard; One who Hears; Listening Intently
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Servant of Slave of the One who Pardons / the Forgiver
SUMEROGRAM
SUMEROGRAM
SUMEROGRAM
SUMEROGRAM
SUMEROGRAM