SUMERIAN ARCHAIC SIGNS

SumerianArchaicSigns.htm

Sumerian Archaic Signs

by Patrick C. Ryan

currently under construction (12/26/2005) Copyright 2006 Patrick C. Ryan

All available readings for Sumerian signs in Kurt Jaritz' Schriftarchäologie der altmesopotamischen Kultur⁽¹⁾ (1967) are listed in the Sumerian Sign Value Register.

Arranged by the sign numbers from that register, Sumerian archaic sign forms where available courtesy of Dr. Antonio Reguera Feo, are displayed below.
The signs are also available in Sumerian Archaic Sign Table by pressing the corresponding number in that Table if the number is highlighted.
Signs may be copied, if desired, by placing
the cursor on the archaic sign, pressing
the right mouse button to display a menu containing
"Save Picture as"), and saving the .jpg.

If the sign is composed of two or more signs, the numbers for the component signs will appear under that table number; and, if the component signs are available individually, they will be highlighted.

If the later cuneiform sign is derived from several different archaic signs, each archaic sign will be shown, if available, by pressing on the highlighted letters behind the sign number.

			004 v. of 3			007
					016	017		019	020
021			024	025	026	027	028 error	029	030
031	032	033	034	035		037		039	040
041	042 v. of 36	043	044	045	046	047	048	049
	052 v. of 51	053			056	057	058	059	060
061			064	065	066	067	068	069	070
071		073	074		076	077	078	079	080
081	082			085	086	087 v. of 068	088 v. of 075
091		093		095

				105	106	107	108	109
		113
				125			128
				135	136	137	138	139	140
	142	143	144	145			148	149	150
151	152	153			156	157	158
	162		164		166	167	168
	172	173		175	176	177	178	179	180
	182	183	184 v. of 181		186 v. of 185			189	190
	192	193		195	196	197	198	199	200

201	202	203	204	205	206	207	208	209	210
211		213			216	217	218		220
221		223	224	225	226	227	228	229
	232 error				236	237	238
241	242	243	244	245	246	247	248	249	250
251	252	253	254	255	256	257	258	259	260
261	262	263	264	265	266	267	268	269
	272			275			278	279
	282	283	284	285	286	287	288	289	290
291	292	293	294		296	297	298	299	300

301	302	303	304	305	306	307	308	309	310
311	312	313			316	317	318	319	320
321 v. of 320				325		327		329	330
331	332	333			336	337 v. of 338?			340 v. of 338
341	342	343		345	346		348 v. of 379?	349	350
351	352	353	354	355	356	357 v. of 356	358	359	360
361		363	364	365	366	367	368	369	370
371	372	373	374	375	376	377	378
	382	383	384	385	386	387 or v. of 386	388	389	390
	392	393		395	396				400

401	402	403	404	405	406		408	409
	412	413	414			417	418		420
421	422	423		425	426	427	428		430
	432	433	434	435		437	438	439	440
441	442	443	444	445	446	447	448		450
451				455				459	460
461		463	464	465	466	467	468	469	470
471	472	473		475	476 v. of 474	477	478	479	480
481	482	483	484	485	486	487	488	489	490
491	492	493\	494	495	496	497	498	499	500

501	502	503	504	505		507	508	509	510
511	512	513	514 error	515	516 v. of 515	517		519	520
521 error	522	523	524	525	526	527	528	529	530
531	532	533		535	536	537	538	539	540
541	542	543	544	545	546	547	548	549	550
551	552	553	554	555	556	557 error	558	559
	562 v. of 561			565	566	567	568	569	570
571					576	v. of 576?
581	582	583	584	585	586	587	588	589	590
591	592						598		600

601	602		604		606	607 v. of 172	608 v. of 172
	612	613	614	615	616	617	618	619	620
621 v. of 617(?)		623	624		626 v. of 315				630
		633 error	634 v. of 632			637	638
				645
	652	653	654	655	656			659 v. of 660?
661				665	666	667			670
671	672	673	674		676		678 v. of 677	679
	682	683		685	686	687			690
error	692	693	694	695	696	697	698	699

		703	704	705	706	707	708	709	710
711	712 error	713	714		716 v. of 717		718		720 error
	722				726	727	728	729	730
731 v. of 725	732	733		735	736	737	738	739	740
741 v. of 740 or 742	742	743	744	745	746	747	748	749
751	752	753	754	755	756	757	758
761	762	763	764			767	768	769
				775 v. of 734 or 736	776			779
781						787	788		790
		793	794	795	796	797

	802	803
811		813	814	815 v. of 812?		817
821				825 v. of 824
					836	837	838		840
841	842	843	844	845		847	848		850
851	852	853	854	855		857	858	859	860
861 error	862	863	864	865	866		868	869 v. of 868	870
	872	873	874	875	876	877		879	880
881	882		884	885		887	888
891				895	896	897	898	899 error

	902		904		906	907			910
911	912	913	914		916	917
					926		928	929	930
931		933	934		936		938
		943			946	947	948		950
951	952	953	954	955	956 v. of 833		958	959 v. of 955	960
		963
971

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1. The sign numbers are those of Jaritz' Schriftarchäologie der altmesopotamischen Kultur (1967). Unfortunately, the register materials in this book were not carefully proofed before publication so an unknown number of errors are present. I have made many corrections as I have found them but there are undoubtedly more errors present. Where I have discovered a questionable sign number assignment for a reading, I have placed a question mark after it. In some cases, the sign reading or its proper subscript may be in question, or the subscript may not be known by me, which sign reading also bears a question mark.

2. {DIG~IR} Nin-zu-g~ir₂ {DIG~IR} Nina-Ur g~al-lu₂ šir-bur-la (=Lagaš) dumu Gu-ni-du ud eš₃-Zu-G~ir₂ mu-du₃ a mu-ru. e₂ {DIG~IR} Nina mu-du₃; g~al-ib mu-du₃; ki-nir mu-du₃; ba-ga mu-du₃; e₂-dam mu-du₃; e₂ Ga₂-tum₃-dug₃ mu-du₃; ti-aš₂(ag_x)-ra mu-du₃.

When Ur-{GOD}Nina (servant of {GOD}Nina, Lady of the Water), king of Lagash (šir-bur-la, 'abundance of lamps'), son of Gu-ni-du (possibly Akkadian: cf. Arabic jundi:yun, 'soldier'), verily built the temple of G~irzu (sword-skill), verily (he) dedicated (it) to Ning~irzu (Lady of Sword Skill). (He) verily built the House of {GOD}Nina; (he) verily built the Great Weir; (he) verily built the Orchard; (he) verily built the Dairy; (he) verily built the House of the Wives; (he) verily built the House of Gatumdug (Sweet Bearer of the Cup); (and he) verily built the Archery Range (ti-ra-ašag_x).