Subsection of Chapter `Cuneiform' of John Heise's `Akkadian language',
with cuneiform signlist, part15.
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The modern order is based (from left to right) on the sequence:
The sign list contains at least three items:
--a number from
Borger's
book `Assyrische-babylonische Zeichenliste'
--the cuneiform sign in New Assyrian orthography
--the name of the sign or one of its values.
signs with initial 
up to 
545
Ú
- phonetic, new:
ú
(Often used as suffix for the
possessive pronomen 3rd person singular `his')
- examples in New Assyrian orthography:
ú
ú
546
ÉN
554
MUNUS, MÍ
- phonetic:
al
- phonetic, new:
sal, rag/k/q, mim, mám
- logograms:
MUNUS, MÍ
- determinative:
MUNUS, MÍ before female persons, professions and
female gender (often in abstract nouns)
(see examples)
555
ZUM
- phonetic:
zum, Sum
- phonetic, old:
súm
- phonetic, new:
Su, ríg/k/q
- logograms:
556
NIN
- phonetic:
nin
- phonetic, new:
ním, min4,
ere
- phonetic, Bab. new:
in5
- logograms:
NIN
557
DAM
- phonetic:
dam, Tam
- phonetic, mostly old:
tám
- phonetic, Bab. new:
da4, Ta4
- logograms:
558
GEMÉ
559
GU
- phonetic:
gu
- phonetic, old:
qù
- logograms:
560
NAGAR
- phonetic:
alla
- logograms:
NAGAR
561
TUGUL
562
KUSHÚ
563
NIG
- phonetic:
nig/k/q
- logograms:
NIG
- examples in New Assyrian orthography:
nik
564
EL
- phonetic:
el, il5
- logograms:
SIKIL
- examples in New Assyrian orthography:
el
565
LUM, LU4
- phonetic:
lum, lu4
- phonetic, old:
núm
- phonetic, new:
gúm, kús,
kú
- logograms:
SIG4
567
SIG4
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John Heise
last update Nov 7 1996
lú.shab.tur
shumallû `pupil'
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