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Amarna Letter EA 325
Amarna letter EA 325, titled: ''"Preparations Completed (2),"'' is a shorter-length clay tablet Amarna letter from Yidya the governor-'mayor' of Ašqaluna-(Ashkelon). It is a letter addressing the Pharaoh in high terms, as well as stating the 'governor of Ašqaluna' is making preparations for the arrival of the Pharaoh's archer-army, the archers (Egyptian pitati). EA 325 is a vassal-state letter (from Canaan), and has some similar appearances, for example appearing like letters EA 270 and EA 271. The letter EA 325: ''"Preparations Completed (2),"'' EA 325, letter five of seven, by Yidya. (Not a linear, line-by-line translation, and English from French.) :(Lines 1-9)-- othe king, my lord, my god, my Sun, the Sun fr m the sy; Message of Yidya, your servant, the dirt at your feet, the groom of or horses. I indeed prostrate myself, on the back and on the stomach, at the feet of the king, my lord, 7 times and 7 times. :(10-14)--I am indeed guarding the place of the king, my lord, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An (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 sign used for ''a'', or ''n''; it is common in both the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' over hundreds of years, and the 1350 BC Amarna letters, and other cuneiform texts. It is also used for the designation of a "god", and is sometimes represented as a superscript: d, or capitalized: D, for " dingir", English language, "god". The example photo at right shows (2nd list), a list of 14 named gods, all with "an"; the first pair on the list ''AN-UTU'', or DUTU, refers to the "sun-god", using Ud (cuneiform), as the sumerogram, namely UTU (sun Sumerogram). Cuneiform ''an'' can also be found in compound form with another cuneiform sign, an example being DAGAL, . The older version of DAGAL used the 'god symbol' as a star within the sign: ; (older version of DAGAL, incorporating "star": ). ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' usage In the ''Epic of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B086 (Old Babylonian Tu-v1)
B, or b, is the second letter of the Latin-script alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''bee'' (pronounced ), plural ''bees''. It represents the voiced bilabial stop in many languages, including English. In some other languages, it is used to represent other bilabial consonants. History Old English was originally written in runes, whose equivalent letter was beorc , meaning "birch". Beorc dates to at least the 2nd-century Elder Futhark, which is now thought to have derived from the Old Italic alphabets' either directly or via Latin . The uncial and half-uncial introduced by the Gregorian and Irish missions gradually developed into the Insular scripts' . These Old English Latin alphabets supplanted the earlier runes, whose use was fully banned under King Canute in the early 11th century. The Norman Conquest popularised the Carolingian half-uncial forms which latt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mi (cuneiform)
The cuneiform mi, (also mé) sign is a distinctive sign in the wedge-stroke group, and is used as a syllabic for ''mi'', ''me'', and an alphabetic for ''m'', ''i'', or ''e''; it is also a Sumerogram (capital letter (majuscule)) for MI, used for Akkadian language, "mūšu", ''night''. ''MI'', in the ''Epic of Gilgamesh,'' is used in (Chapters) Tablets I, II, III, and XII as either MI, or MI. MEŠ, a total of six times; other spellings of ''mūšu'' in other sections are alphabetic/syllabic, four times. The sign can be found in the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' and the mid-14th century BC Amarna letters. The signs usage in the Epic is as follows: ''mé''-(1 time), ''mi''-(126), MI-(9). Partial list of signs beginning with wedge (u) Partial list of signs beginning with (wedge)-''u'', from the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' (Parpola, 1971), and the Amarna letters: * Cuneiform-u--Sign No. 1----(conjunction use, and "10"; occasionally for ''u'') * Cuneiform-AMAR, ṣur, zur--Sign No. 2---; Sume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tu (cuneiform)
The cuneiform sign tu, and for TU-(the Sumerogram, capital letter ( majuscule), in the Hittite language and other cuneiform texts, is a common-use syllabic sign for ''tu'', and also with a syllabic use for ''"t"'', or ''"u"''. It is not a multi-use sign, with other alphabetic sub-varieties. The Sumerian-language version is similar to the usage in the Amarna letters, with the three horizontal strokes connecting the four angled wedges on the left, and connected to the vertical horizontal single stroke, at right. Varieties exist: for example, Amarna letter EA 271 shows four horizontal long strokes, with two short strokes, between the two long ones, (see here, 2nd line from bottom (tablet Obverse) The Hittite language version of ''tu'', (and ideogram ''TU'') is identical in common form to the Sumerian. The composition of the sign is effectively the four-wedge strokes at left, (being še (cuneiform)) connected to the rest of the cuneiform sign. Cuneiform še is also a common-u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iš (cuneiform)
The cuneiform sign iš is a common use sign in the Amarna letters and the ''Epic of Gilgamesh.'' It is used syllabically for ''iš''; also for ''mel'', ''mil'', and a Sumerogramic usage for ''IŠ'' (Epic of Gilgamesh). Alphabetically as "iš", its most common usage, it can be used for "i" or "š". In Akkadian, the four vowels ''a, e, i, o'', are all interchangeable, and the three different "s", can also be interchanged: ''s, ṣ, š''. ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' use For the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'', the following usage is found in Tablets I-XII: ''iš''-(134 times); ''mel''-(1); ''mil''-(8); IŠ-(18 times). Some common uses of "iš" in the Amarna letters One of the most common uses of "iš" in the Amarna letters, is the use of the Akkadian language word ''"ištu"'', which means "from", ("since"), in the English language. In the ''vassal city-state'' letters, in dialogue with the Pharaoh-in-Egypt, there is often mention of having listened to the correspondence – "words of the ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ša (cuneiform)
The cuneiform ša sign is a common, multi-use sign, a syllabic for ''ša'', and an alphabetic sign used for ''š'', or ''a''; it is common in both the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' over hundreds of years, and the 1350 BC Amarna letters. Besides ''ša'' usage in word components of verbs, nouns, etc., it has a major usage between words. In Akkadian, for English language ''"who"'', it is an interrogative pronoun; in the Akkadian language as ''ša'', (as "that", "what"; ("that (of)", "which (of)"), in English it used for ''who, what, which, etc.''. Ša, and Ka, the stroke differences The difference in the construction of the signs ''ka'' and ''ša'' are as follows: "ka" when scribed in the Amarna letters often shows the distinctiveness of the right section of the sign, versus the left section. For ''ša'', the right section is constructed with two wedge strokes (one scribed above the other), between the two verticals, at right. For ''ka'', the right side mostly, in the Amarna letters ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UTU (sun Sumerogram)
Utu or UTU can refer to the following things: *Utu, a Sumerian deity *Utu language *Utu (Māori concept), a Māori word referring to a ritualised revenge or payback to restore balance ** ''Utu'' (film), a New Zealand film *Utu (gunboat), an Estonian gunboat during World War II *The Ulster Teachers' Union *The United Transportation Union *Teuku Umar University (''Universitas Teuku Umar''), a university in Indonesia *University of Turku *Untriunium, a hypothetical chemical element *Utah Tech University, the recently announced new name of ''Dixie State University'' in St. George, Utah *Uttarakhand Technical University, a state science and technology university in Uttarakhand, India *Utu, Estonia, village in Käina Parish, Hiiu County, Estonia *Fibera KK-1e Utu The Fibera KK-1e Utu (English: ''Mist'') is a Finnish mid-wing, T-tailed, single-seat, FAI Standard Class glider that was designed by Ahto Anttila and produced by Fibera in the 1960s.Said, Bob: ''1983 Sailplane Directory, Soa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B010 (Old Assyrian An %E2%80%93 FreeIdg Dingir)
B, or b, is the second letter of the Latin-script alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''bee'' (pronounced ), plural ''bees''. It represents the voiced bilabial stop in many languages, including English. In some other languages, it is used to represent other bilabial consonants. History Old English was originally written in runes, whose equivalent letter was beorc , meaning "birch". Beorc dates to at least the 2nd-century Elder Futhark, which is now thought to have derived from the Old Italic alphabets' either directly or via Latin . The uncial and half-uncial introduced by the Gregorian and Irish missions gradually developed into the Insular scripts' . These Old English Latin alphabets supplanted the earlier runes, whose use was fully banned under King Canute in the early 11th century. The Norman Conquest popularised the Carolingian half-uncial forms which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B260ellst
B, or b, is the second letter of the Latin-script alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''bee'' (pronounced ), plural ''bees''. It represents the voiced bilabial stop in many languages, including English. In some other languages, it is used to represent other bilabial consonants. History Old English was originally written in runes, whose equivalent letter was beorc , meaning "birch". Beorc dates to at least the 2nd-century Elder Futhark, which is now thought to have derived from the Old Italic alphabets' either directly or via Latin . The uncial and half-uncial introduced by the Gregorian and Irish missions gradually developed into the Insular scripts' . These Old English Latin alphabets supplanted the earlier runes, whose use was fully banned under King Canute in the early 11th century. The Norman Conquest popularised the Carolingian half-uncial forms which latt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
