The
cuneiform Ar sign, .—is a cuneiform sign that is a combined sign, containing
Å i (cuneiform)
The cuneiform sign Å¡i, lim, and Sumerogram IGI is a common-use sign of the Amarna letters, the ''Epic of Gilgamesh,'' and other cuneiform texts. As the syllabic form it is commonly used for ''Å¡i'', ''lim/lem'', and for Sumerograms (capital ...
, and
Ri (cuneiform). It is used in one prominent name in the ''
Amarna letters
The Amarna letters (; sometimes referred to as the Amarna correspondence or Amarna tablets, and cited with the abbreviation EA, for "El Amarna") are an archive, written on clay tablets, primarily consisting of diplomatic correspondence between t ...
'', for
Å uwardata, as well as in a number of Amarna letters. "Ar" is also used in the ''
Epic of Gilgamesh'', and other texts.
''Epic of Gilgamesh'' usage
The ''Ar'' sign usage in the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' is as follows: ''ar''-(21 times).
References
*
Moran, William L.
William Lambert Moran (August 11, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American Assyriologist. He was born in Chicago, United States.
In 1939, Moran joined the Jesuit order. He then attended Loyola University in Chicago, where he received his ...
1987, 1992. ''The Amarna Letters.'' Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. 393 pages.(softcover, )
* 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, and Glossary-(pp. 119–145), 165 pages.
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Cuneiform signs
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