''Liste der archaischen Keilschriftzeichen'' (; "list of archaic cuneiform signs"), abbreviated LAK, is a dictionary of

Sumerian cuneiform 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-s ...

signs of the

Fara period Fara may refer to: Places Italy * Fara Gera d'Adda, Bergamo, Lombardy * Fara Filiorum Petri, Chieti, Abruzzo *Fara San Martino, Chieti, Abruzzo *Fara in Sabina, Rieti, Lazio *Fara Novarese, Novara, Piedmont * Fara Olivana con Sola, Bergamo, ...

( Early Dynastic IIIa, c. 25th century BC

short chronology The chronology of the ancient Near East is a framework of dates for various events, rulers and dynasties. Historical inscriptions and texts customarily record events in terms of a succession of officials or rulers: "in the year X of king Y". Com ...

, 26th century BC

middle chronology The chronology of the ancient Near East is a framework of dates for various events, rulers and dynasties. Historical inscriptions and texts customarily record events in terms of a succession of officials or rulers: "in the year X of king Y". Com ...

), published in 1922 by German sumerologist and theologian P. Anton Deimel (1865–1954). The list enumerates 870 distinct cuneiform signs. The sign inventory in the archaic period was considerably larger than the standard inventory of the later

Akkadian Akkadian or Accadian may refer to: * Akkadians, inhabitants of the Akkadian Empire * Akkadian language, an extinct Eastern Semitic language * Akkadian literature, literature in this language * Akkadian cuneiform Cuneiform is a logo-syllabic ...

(2350 to 2100) or Neo-Sumerian (Ur III) (21st century; all dates

) periods. This means that numerous signs identified by their classical reading continue several distinct signs of the pre-classical period. If it is necessary to identify the pre-classical sign intended, its LAK number is customarily given, in the form of LAK-1 to LAK-870. Deimel also published a Sumerian dictionary (''Šumerisches Lexikon'') in 1928. File:Archaic cuneiform tablet E.A. Hoffman.jpg, Proto-cuneiform tablet,

Jemdet Nasr period The Jemdet Nasr Period is an archaeological culture in southern Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq). It is generally dated from 3100 to 2900 BC. It is named after the type site Tell Jemdet Nasr, where the assemblage typical for this period was first r ...

, c. 3100–2900 BC. File:Cuneiform tablet- administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars MET DT847.jpg, Proto-cuneiform tablet,

, c. 3100–2900 BC. A dog on a leash is visible in the background of the lower panel. File:Blau Monument British Museum 86260.jpg, The

Blau Monuments The Blau Monuments are a pair of inscribed stone objects from Mesopotamia now in the British Museum. They are commonly thought to be a form of ancient kudurru.I. J. Gelb, P. Steinkeller, and R. M. Whiting Jr, "OIP 104. Earliest Land Tenure Syste ...

combine proto-cuneiform characters and illustrations, 3100–2700 BC. British Museum.

References

{{reflist *P. Anton Deimel, ''Liste der archaischen Keilschriftzeichen von Fara'', WVDOG 40, Leipzig (1922)
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