𒅆

𒅆 U+12146, 𒅆 CUNEIFORM SIGN IGI ← 𒅅 [U+12145] Cuneiform 𒅇 → [U+12147]

Translingual

Cuneiform sign

𒅆	Sign Number
MZL	724
Deimel	449
HZL	288
Components
𒌋, 𒈨

Derived signs

• 𒅇
• 𒅈
• 𒅊

References

• R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
• A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
• Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

Sign values

Sign	𒅆
Sumerograms	IGI
Phonetic values	lem/lim, ši

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒅆 (igi, “eye, face”).

Logogram

𒅆 • (IGI)

1. Sumerogram of amārum (“to see”)
2. Sumerogram of īnum (“eye”)
3. Sumerogram of maḫārum (“to receive; to face, confront”)
4. Sumerogram of maḫrum (“front”)
5. Sumerogram of maḫrûm (“former”)
6. Sumerogram of pānum (“face”)

Etymology 2

Ligature of 𒌋 (u, “ten”) and 𒈨 (me, “one hundred”) to represent the multiplication 10×100.

Logogram

𒅆 • (lim)

1. Akkadogram of līmum (“one thousand”)

Sumerian

Etymology 1

Adjective

𒅆 • (igi)

1. first, earlier

Etymology 2

“eye”

Emegir	𒅆 (igi)
Emesal	𒄿𒉈 (ibi)

Noun

𒅆 • (igi)

1. eye
2. sight, vision, view
3. face, countenance

   𒅆𒍪𒄭𒄊𒈨𒂗 ― igi-zu ḫuš-me-en /igizu ḫušmen/ ― Your face is awesome.

4. front

   𒅆𒁲𒋻𒉈𒂠 ― igi di-kud-ne-še /igi dikudnēše/ ― in the presence of the judges

Related terms

• 𒅆𒃻 (igi g̃ar, “to gaze at; to face”)

Etymology 3

Noun

𒅆 • (ši)

1. life, throat (only attested for the Old Babylonian period or later)

See also

• Sumerian terms spelled with 𒅆

References

• “𒅆 [igi, eye]”, in ePSD2 (overall work in English), University of Pennsylvania, 2017–present
• “𒅆 [igi, face]”, in ePSD2 (overall work in English), University of Pennsylvania, 2017–present
• “𒅆 [ši, life]”, in ePSD2 (overall work in English), University of Pennsylvania, 2017–present