Translingual[edit]
Glyph origin[edit]
The character in archaic linear script.[1]
- the pictogram as it was drawn around 3000 B.C.E.;
- the rotated pictogram as written around 2800 B.C.E.;
- the abstracted glyph in archaic monumental inscriptions, from ca. 2600 B.C.E.;
- the sign as written in clay, contemporary to stage 3;
- late 3rd millennium (Neo-Sumerian);
- Old Assyrian, early 2nd millennium, as adopted into Hittite;
- simplified sign as written by Assyrian scribes in the early 1st millennium.
Cuneiform sign[edit]
๐
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Sign Number
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MZL
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184
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Deimel
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115
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HZL
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192
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Components
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๐ฐ, ๐น, ๐
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Derived signs[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ A guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian antiquities[1], [London] : Printed by order of the Trustees, 1922, page 22
- R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Mรผnster (2003)
- A. Deimel, ล umerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
- Chr. Rรผster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)
Akkadian[edit]
Sign values[edit]
Sign
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๐
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Sumerograms
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SAG
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Phonetic values
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ris, riลก, sag/sak/saq, san, ลกag/ลกak/ลกaq
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Etymology[edit]
Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐ (sagฬ, โheadโ).
Logogram[edit]
๐ โข (SAG)
- Sumerogram of pลซtum (โforehead, frontโ)
- (rare) Sumerogram of qaqqadum (โhead, top, personโ)
- Sumerogram of rฤลกtum (โbeginningโ)
- Sumerogram of rฤลกum (โhead, top, slaveโ)
Sumerian[edit]
๐ โข (sagฬ)
- head
- front, fore, beginning
- surface, top
- man, person, human being
- slave, servant
Derived terms[edit]
- ๐๐บ (sagฬ-du, โheadโ)
- ๐๐ (sagฬ-kal, โfirst rank, preeminent, foremostโ)
- ๐๐ (sagฬ-ki, โforehead, browโ)
- ๐๐บ๐ธ (zaraแธซ, โlamentation, wailingโ)
Related terms[edit]
- ๐๐ (sagฬ gidโ /โ sagฬ gidโ /, โto get angryโ)
- ๐๐
(sagฬ ilโ /โ sagฬ ilโ /, โto raise the headโ)
- ๐๐ช๐ต (sagฬ gigโ-ga /โ sagฬ gigaโ /, โBlack Headed Onesโ)
See also[edit]
References[edit]