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MÁ
The cuneiform sign MÁ denotes a ship or boat. It is used in Sumerian and as a Sumerogram for the Akkadian word ''eleppu'' (also 'ship'/'boat'). MÁ is usually preceded by the determinative for items made of wood, namely GIŠ: GIŠ.MÁ, or GIŠ.MÁ, . Examples The ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' lists sixteen wood-related words written with the GIŠ determinative, among them GIŠ.MÁ/''eleppu''. The epic also uses the 'ship'/'boat' Sumerogram in Tablet XI (the Gilgamesh flood myth), and elsewhere when Gilgamesh is taken by boat. Some of the Amarna letters using the Sumerogram are EA 86, EA 153, EA 149, EA 245, and EA 364. See also * Amarna letter EA 86 *Amarna letter EA 153 *Amarna letter EA 245 References Bibliography * (Volume 1) in the original Akkadian cuneiform and transliteration; commentary and glossary are in English External links *Amarna letter EA 153-(Obverse), line 10 (7th line from bottom* Amarna letter EA 245 Amarna letter EA 245, titled: ''"Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amarna Letter EA 245
Amarna letter EA 245, titled: ''"Assignment of Guilt,"'' is a medium length clay tablet Amarna letter from Biridiya the governor-'mayor' of Magidda. It is letter number four of five from Biridiya. The letter is in pristine condition except for a missing flake (lower-right, obverse) causing a lacuna at the end of a few lines. The cuneiform characters are finely inscribed, with some photos that can even show the individual strokes of the cuneiform characters (the stroke sequence). The letter is 47-lines long, and about 5-in tall. Letter EA 245 (see here-(Obverse), is numbered BM 29855, at the British Museum. The Amarna letters, about 300, numbered up to EA 382, are a mid 14th century BC, about 1350 BC and 20–25 years later, correspondence. The initial corpus of letters were found at Akhenaten's city Akhetaten, in the floor of the Bureau of Correspondence of Pharaoh; others were later found, adding to the body of letters. The letter EA 245: ''"Assignment of Guilt"'' EA 245, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amarna Letter EA 153
Amarna letter EA 153, titled ''Ships on Hold,'' is a short-length clay tablet letter from Abimilku of the island (at Amarna letters time) of city-state Tyre. EA 153 is approximately tall x wide, (actually 3 1/16 x 2 1/16 inches), and has a missing flaked, lower right corner on its obverse affecting two lines of text. One line repeats ''"...King, Lord-mine...,"'' allowing for only one line of more difficult restoration. The letter shows a high-gloss surface on the clay tablet, and being a short letter, has only 5 to 8/9 cuneiform characters per line. It contains one special cuneiform sign for ''ship'', MÁ, MÁ (ship Sumerogram), a sign used in both the Amarna letters, and the ''Epic of Gilgamesh''. Also, the letter's scribe used mostly 'very-short' stroked, and 'fat-and-rounded' cuneiform strokes, instead of the more arrow-shaped, sharp, and linear strokes, . Since on EA 153, there are also distinct, medium-sized wedge strokes, (example ''" be"'' ) as well as L-shaped strok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giš
The cuneiform giš sign, (also common for is, iṣ, and iz), is a common, multi-use sign, in the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'', the Amarna letters, and other cuneiform texts. It also has a major usage as a sumerogram, GIŠ, (capital letter (majuscule)) for English language ''"wood"'', and is used as a determinative at the beginning of words, for items made of wood. The 12 Chapters (Tablets) of the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' lists 16 named items beginning with ''"GIŠ"''. For ''giš''/(''is/iz/iṣ'') in the construction of words it is used syllabically for ''giš'', and syllabically for the three other constructs; also for ''eṣ/ez''. Besides "giš", it can alphabetically be used for: ''e'', ''i'', ''s'', ''ṣ'', or ''z''. ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' sign usage The usage numbers for ''giš'' in the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' are as follows: ''eṣ''-(2) times, ''ez'', (3), ''giš'', (1), ''is'', (46), ''iṣ'', (77), ''iz'', (17), and ''GIŠ'' (355) times. Epic words with determinative ''GIŠ'' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amarna Letter EA 149
Amarna letter EA 149, titled: ''"Neither Water nor Wood"'' is a moderate- to extended-length clay tablet Amarna letter (mid 14th century BC) from Abimilku of Tyre-(called ''Ṣurru'' in the letters), written to the Pharaoh of Egypt. The letter concerns the intrigues of neighboring city-states and their rulers, and the loss of the neighboring city of '' Usu'', from where the island of Tyre obtained supplies, for example, water, wood, etc. and a place for burying their deceased. EA 149 is located at the British Museum, no BM 29811. Tablet letter EA 149 can be viewed here: Reverse Obverse The letter EA 149: ''"Neither Water nor Wood"'' EA 149, letter four of ten from the Abimilku. (Not a linear, line-by-line translation.) ''Obverse'' (Image :(Lines 1-5)--To the king, my lord, my Sun, my god: Message of Abimilku, Abi-Milku, or servant. I fall at the feet of the king, lo d 7 times and 7 times. I am the dirt under the feet and sandals of the king, my lord. :(6-20)--((O)) Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amarna Letter EA 86
Amarna letter EA 86 (see her, titled: ''Complaint to an Official,'' is a somewhat moderate length clay tablet letter from Rib-Hadda of city-state Byblos (named ''Gubla'' in the letter) to Amanappa, an official at the court of the Pharaoh. The letter has a degraded surface of the clay; it also has missing corners and part of a side. The tablet's obverse fails to yield an easy translation for the last lines of the front and bottom, lines 18-22 (ten percent of the 50-line text). And other lacunae are found throughout the translation. EA 86 is an extremely ovate, pillow-shaped (thick) clay tablet. It is located in the British Museum, no. 29804. EA 86 Moran's non-linear letter English language translation (translated from the French language): Obverse: :(Lines 1-5)--'' ay to' Amaappa Message of Rib-Had a I fall t your feet May Aman, he god of the king your lord, establish yo rhonor n the presenceof the king, your lord-( ŠÀR. RI- EN- ia). :(5)--Listen to m !1 :(5-12)--The wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B839 (Old Assyrian And Hittite A)
Hell's Glen is a glen on the Cowal Peninsula, in the Arrochar Alps between the mountains Cruach nam Mult and Stob an Eas. To the west, it leads to Loch Fyne and to the east, the high mountain Ben Donich. The glen is within the Argyll Forest Park that is itself within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. The glen is named from its name in Gaelic, ''Glen Iarainn''. This means "the Iron Glen" but sounds like the nearby ''Glen Ifhrinn'' which means "the Glen of Hell." The glen is also known as ''An Gleann Beag'', "the small glen", in Scottish Gaelic. Moses' Well On the south-west side of the glen is a group of rocks. In the 19th century, a local minister constructed a spring in one of the rocks which was named after the incident in Exodus Exodus or the Exodus may refer to: Religion * Book of Exodus, second book of the Hebrew Torah and the Christian Bible * The Exodus, the biblical story of the migration of the ancient Israelites from Egypt into Canaan His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B110ellst
B11, B.XI or B-11 may refer to: Transportation * B11 (New York City bus) serving Brooklyn * Bundesstraße 11, federal highway in Germany Vehicles * HMS ''B11'', a B-class submarine of the British Royal Navy * Bavarian B XI, an 1895 German steam locomotive model * Bensen B-11, a Bensen Aircraft model * Douglas YB-11, a bomber designed for the United States Army Air Corps * Nissan B11, a version of the Nissan Sunny * Volvo B11R The Volvo B11R is a 10.8-litre engined coach chassis available as both two- and tri-axle from Volvo since 2011. It was introduced as the second of the Volvo BXXR series, replacing the rest of the B12B range in 2011, and later its fellow BXXR pl ..., a coach bus chassis manufactured by Volvo since 2011 Other uses * B-11 recoilless rifle, a Soviet 107 mm weapon * Gareth Bale, a professional footballer from Wales * Boron-11 (B-11 or 11B), an isotope of boron * Caro-Kann Defence, Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings code B11 See also * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canaan
Canaan (; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – ; he, כְּנַעַן – , in pausa – ; grc-bib, Χανααν – ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus Testamentum graece iuxta LXX interpretes. 2. ed. / recogn. et emendavit Robert Hanhart. Stuttgart : Dt. Bibelges., 2006 . However, in modern Greek the accentuation is , while the current (28th) scholarly edition of the New Testament has . ar, كَنْعَانُ – ) was a Semitic-speaking civilization and region in the Ancient Near East during the late 2nd millennium BC. Canaan had significant geopolitical importance in the Late Bronze Age Amarna Period (14th century BC) as the area where the spheres of interest of the Egyptian, Hittite, Mitanni and Assyrian Empires converged or overlapped. Much of present-day knowledge about Canaan stems from archaeological excavation in this area at sites such as Tel Hazor, Tel Megiddo, En Esur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City-state
A city-state is an independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its contiguous territory. They have existed in many parts of the world since the dawn of history, including cities such as Rome, Athens, Sparta, Carthage, and the Italian city-states during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, such as Florence, Venice, Genoa and Milan. With the rise of nation states worldwide, only a few modern sovereign city-states exist, with some disagreement as to which qualify; Monaco, Singapore and Vatican City are most commonly accepted as such. Singapore is the clearest example, with full self-governance, its own currency, a robust military and a population of 5.5 million. Several non-sovereign cities enjoy a high degree of autonomy and are sometimes considered city-states. Hong Kong, Macau, and members of the United Arab Emirates—most notably Dubai and Abu Dhabi—are often cited as such. Historical background Ancient and medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majuscule
Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing systems that distinguish between the upper and lowercase have two parallel sets of letters, with each letter in one set usually having an equivalent in the other set. The two case variants are alternative representations of the same letter: they have the same name and pronunciation and are treated identically when sorting in alphabetical order. Letter case is generally applied in a mixed-case fashion, with both upper and lowercase letters appearing in a given piece of text for legibility. The choice of case is often prescribed by the grammar of a language or by the conventions of a particular discipline. In orthography, the uppercase is primarily reserved for special purposes, such as the first letter of a sentence or of a proper noun (ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B018 (Old Babylonian Arad-v2)
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] |
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