MUNUS, š©, or SAL is the capital-letter (
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 ...
)
Sumerogram
A Sumerogram is the use of a Sumerian cuneiform character or group of characters as an ideogram or logogram rather than a syllabogram in the graphic representation of a language other than Sumerian, such as Akkadian or Hittite.
Sumerograms are no ...
for the
Akkadian language
Akkadian (, Akkadian: )John Huehnergard & Christopher Woods, "Akkadian and Eblaite", ''The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages''. Ed. Roger D. Woodard (2004, Cambridge) Pages 218-280 is an extinct East Semitic language th ...
word "į¹£uhÄrtu",
[Rainey, 1970] ''young woman'', or ''woman''. The word is commonly used 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 ...
diplomatic letters, as well as elsewhere, for example in the ''
Epic of Gilgamesh
The ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' () is an epic poetry, epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia, and is regarded as the earliest surviving notable literature and the second oldest religious text, after the Pyramid Texts. The literary history of Gilgamesh ...
''.
Epic of Gilgamesh
The cuneiform character for woman, or ''"young woman"'', has many alternative uses in the
Epic of Gilgamesh
The ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' () is an epic poetry, epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia, and is regarded as the earliest surviving notable literature and the second oldest religious text, after the Pyramid Texts. The literary history of Gilgamesh ...
; it is used for the following: ''mim'', (21 times); ''rag'', (2); ''rak'', (10); ''raq'', (1); ''sal'', (1); ''Å”al'', (25); ''MĆ'', (43 times).
References
Further reading
* {{cite book , author=
Parpola, Simo, with Mikko Luuko, and Kalle Fabritius , title=The Standard Babylonian,
Epic of Gilgamesh
The ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' () is an epic poetry, epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia, and is regarded as the earliest surviving notable literature and the second oldest religious text, after the Pyramid Texts. The literary history of Gilgamesh ...
, publisher=The
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 ...
, year=1997 , isbn=951-45-7760-4 , id=(Volume 1) in the original Akkadian cuneiform and transliteration; commentary and glossary are in English
*
Rainey Rainey is a name of British-Irish origin.
People with the surname
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, 1970. ''El Amarna Tablets, 359-379,''
Anson F. Rainey, (AOAT 8, ''Alter Orient Altes Testament 8'', Kevelaer and Neukirchen -Vluyen), 1970, 107 pages.
Sumerian words and phrases
Sumerograms
Cuneiform signs