Ú_(cuneiform)

Ú (cuneiform)

Ú (cuneiform)

Cuneiform sign

The cuneiform sign ú is a common-use sign of the Amarna letters, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and other cuneiform texts (for example Hittite texts). It has a secondary sub-use in the Epic of Gilgamesh for šam.[1]

Cuneiform ú-(digital form, inside surrounding cuneiform).
Alphabetic u (ú), third line from botton, last cuneiform character.

Linguistically, it has the alphabetical usage in texts for u, but can replace any of the four vowels, so also used for a, or e, or i.

Epic of Gilgamesh usage

The ú sign usage in the Epic of Gilgamesh is as follows: (šam, 45 times, ú, 493, KÚŠ, 2, and Ú, 4 times).[1] Ú is logogram, for Akkadian "tullal", a soapwort.

šam syllabic use in the Epic of Gilgamesh

The following words use the syllabic šam as the first syllable in the word entries under š in the glossary.[2]

  1. šamhatu, for English, "harlot".
  2. šamhiš, "proudly, stoutly",.
  3. šammmu, "drug, plant, grass".

References

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  1. [1]
    Parpola, 1971. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Sign List, pp. 155-165, sign no. 318, p. 160.
  2. [2]
    Parpola, 1971. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Glossary, pp. 119-145, šamhatu, šamhiš, and šammmu, p. 140; English, "harlot", "proudly, stoutly", and "drug, plant, grass".


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