Subsection of Chapter `Cuneiform' of John Heise's `Akkadian language',
with cuneiform signlist, part9.
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The modern order is based (from left to right) on the sequence:
The sign list contains at least three items:
--a number from
Borger's
book `Assyrische-babylonische Zeichenliste'
--the cuneiform sign in New Assyrian orthography
--the name of the sign or one of its values.
signs with initial
up to
The top horizontal stroke is drawn first.
Note that often (e.g. in New Assyrian litterature texts)
the top stroke is a lot fatter than the other horizontals.
The last vertical stroke is also drawn thicker.
296
GI
- phonetic:
is/S/z, e/s/S/z
- phonetic, new:
gi
- phonetic, Ass. new:
ní
- logograms:
GI
- determinative:
GI
before wooden items and tree names
(see examples)
296
GU4
298
AL
- phonetic:
al
- examples in New Assyrian orthography:
al
306
UB
- phonetic:
ub/p
- phonetic, new:
ár
- logograms:
- examples in New Assyrian orthography:
up
308
E
- phonetic:
e,'e
- examples in New Assyrian orthography:
- e
e
309
DUG
- phonetic, new:
dug/k/q, lud/t/T, tùk/q
- logograms:
- determinative:
DUG before pottery and items made from clay
(see examples)
- examples in New Assyrian orthography:
lud
310
GURUN
312
UN
- phonetic:
un
- logograms:
KALAM
313
KID, LÍL
- phonetic:
lí
- phonetic, new:
kid/t/T, git, qid/t, sah,
àh,
suh4, síh
- examples in New Assyrian orthography:
- líl
líl
314-1
ID
- phonetic, new:
id/t/T,
síd/t, lag/k/q
- logograms:
- examples in New Assyrian orthography:
shid
mes
314-2
RID
- phonetic, new:
rid/t/T, mis/S,
mi,
mè
- logograms:
318
Ú, SAM, AM
- phonetic:
ú, 'u&aucute,
am
- phonetic, new:
sam
- logograms:
Ú
- determinative:
Ú before plant names
(see examples)
- examples in New Assyrian orthography:
ú
ú
319
GA
- phonetic:
ga
- phonetic, mostly old:
qá
- phonetic, old:
kà
- logograms:
GA
320
ÍL
- phonetic:
íl, íla
- logograms:
321
LUH
- phonetic:
luh, làh
- phonetic, new:
ìh, rah, rih
- logograms:
322
KAL
- phonetic:
kal, dan, tan, lab/p
- phonetic, new:
líb/p, rib/p
- logograms:
KALAG, GURU
- examples in New Assyrian orthography:
kal
323
ALAD
324
É, BIT
- phonetic:
(é)
- phonetic, new:
bit/T, pid/t/T
- logograms:
É
- determinative:
É before buildings and temples names
(see examples)
- examples in New Assyrian orthography:
é
325
NIR
- phonetic:
nir
- phonetic, new:
nàr
- examples in New Assyrian orthography:
nir, nàr
nir, nàr
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John Heise
last update Nov 7 1996
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