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á¹£ur (cuneiform)
The cuneiform sign á¹£ur, is a common-use sign of the Amarna letters, the '' Epic of Gilgamesh,'' and other cuneiform texts (for example Hittite texts). Linguistically, it has the alphabetical usage in texts for ''á¹£'', or ''z''; also ''r''; for vowels, ''u'', or as a replacement for the other three vowels, ''"a"'', ''"e"'', or ''"i"''. ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' usage The ''á¹£ur'' sign usage in the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' is as follows: (''á¹£ur'', 6 times, ''zur'', 1 time, and AMAR, 1 time. Gallery References * Parpola, 1971. ''The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh'', Parpola, Simo, Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project is an international scholarly project aimed at collecting and publishing ancient Assyrian texts and studies based on them. Its headquarters are in Helsinki in Finland. State Archives of Assyria State Archives ..., c 1997, Tablet I thru Tablet XII, Index of Names, Sign List, Cuneiform signs {{W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuneiform UL
Cuneiform is a logo-syllabic script that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Middle East. The script was in active use from the early Bronze Age until the beginning of the Common Era. It is named for the characteristic wedge-shaped impressions (Latin: ) which form its signs. Cuneiform was originally developed to write the Sumerian language of southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). Cuneiform is the earliest known writing system. Over the course of its history, cuneiform was adapted to write a number of languages in addition to Sumerian. Akkadian texts are attested from the 24th century BC onward and make up the bulk of the cuneiform record. Akkadian cuneiform was itself adapted to write the Hittite language in the early second millennium BC. The other languages with significant cuneiform corpora are Eblaite, Elamite, Hurrian, Luwian, and Urartian. The Old Persian and Ugaritic alphabets feature cuneiform-style signs; however, they are unrelated to the cuneiform l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
