SumerianArchaicSignTable.htm

001	002	003	004 v. of 3	005	006	007= 6+6 +281	008	009= ?+949	010
011	012= 3+2	013	014	015	016= 015+11	017= 015+99?	018= 015+100	019= 015+112	020= 015+593
021= 015+133	022= 015+169a	023= 170b+015	024= 015+274 +819	025= 015+315	026= 015+322	027= 015+339	028 error	029= 015+452	030= 015+454
031= 015+579	032= 015+580a	033= 015+593	034= 015+594	035= 015+650	036= 015+651	037= 36+650	038= 015+669	039= 015+684	040= 684+015 +118
041= 015+700	042 v. of 36	043= 015+715	044= 015+721	045= 015+277	046= 015+750	047= 015+823	048= 015+770	049= 015+812	050= 015+889
051= 015+893d	052 v. of 51	053= 015+924	054= 015+949	055= 015+970	056	057	058	059	060
061	062	063= 062+99c	064	065= 062+162	066= 062+169b	067= 062+170b	068= 062+233	069= 062+429	070= 062+594
071= 062+560	072= 062+684	073= 062+689	074= 062+786	075= 062+001 +798	076= 062+812	077= 062+924	078= 062+935	079= 062+937	080= 062+949
081= 062+961	082= 062+096	083= 062+970	084= 062+949 cf. 80	085	086	087= 062+233 v. of 068	088= 062+001 +798+gunu v. of 075	089	090
091= 089+104	092	093= 092+112	094	095	096	097	098	099 abcd	100

101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108= 101+218	109= 605+605	110= 131+131
111	112	113	114	115	116	117	118= ab	119	120
121	122	123	124	125	126	127	128= 122+774	129= 101+101	130
131	132	133	134	135	136	137	138	139= 135+919	140
141	142= 141+14	143= 141+324	144= 141+681	145= 141+669	146= 141+684	147	148= 2x 147+970	149= 147+104	150= 147+104 +?
151= 147+104 +399	152= 147+104 +?	153	154	155	156= 154+798	157	158= 157+157	159	160= 10+700 +889
+161	162	+163	164= 163+651	165	166= 165+646	167= 165+949	168= 165+949 +807	169 ab	170 ab
171	172= 171+gunu	173= 171+101	174= 171+ 454	175= 171+ 560	176= 171+ 578	177= 171+ 648	178= 171+ 701	179= 171+ 798	180= 171+ 949
181= 171+ 970	182= 171+?	183= 171+ 561	184 v. of 181	185= 171+ 715	186 v. of 185	187	188	189= 188+104	190= 188+807
191	192= 191+949	193= 191+gunu	194	195= 194+161	196= 194+104	197= 194+239	198= 194+410	199= 194+429	200= 194+454

201= 194+456	202= 194+572	203= 194+580a	204= 194+593	205= 194+643	206= 194+669	207= 194+770	208= 194+919	209= 194+945	210= 194+961
211= 194+?	212	213= 894+?	214	215	216	217= ?+?	218= 215+215	219	220
221	222	223= 222+636	224= 222+gunu	225= 222+750	226= 222+961	227= 014+014	228= 014+014 +014	229= 2x 014+014 +014	230
231= 230+957	232 error	233	234= 599+324	235	236= 235+689	237= 235+834	238= 235+831 +098	239	240
241= 240+?	242= 240+011	243= 240+131	244= 240+324	245= 240+454	246= 240+456	247= 240+561	248= 240+594 +561	249= 240+594	250= 240+580a
251= 240+648	252= 240+651	253= 240+668	254= 240+669	255= 240+688	256= 240+700	257= 240+715	258= 240+770	259= 240+780	260= 240+789
261= 240+816	262= 240+818	263= 240+?	264= 240+961	265= 240+?	266= 240+?	267= 240+?	268= 240+?	269= 240+?	270
271	272= 271+324	273	274	275= 639+gunu	276= 222+684	277= 669+669 +456	278	279	280
281	282= 281+14	283= 281+112	284= 281+100	285= 281+96	286= 281+324	287= 281+640	288= 281+648	289= 281+?	290= 281+669
291= 281+819	292= 281+894	293= 281+968	294= 281+961	295	296= 295+001	297= 295+013	298= 295+112	299= 295+096	300= 295+161

301= 295+233	302= 295+593	303= 295+640	304= 295+?	305= 295+680	306= 295+684	307= 295+819	308= 295+?	309= 295+818	310= 295+?
311= 295+949	312= 295+100	313= 295+944	314	315= 669+669 +949	316= 315+188	317= 315+563	318= 315+833	319= 315+949	320= 315+949 +833
321 v. of 320	322	323	324	325= 324+?	326	327= 326+681(?)	328= 594(?)+?+?	329= 328+454	330= 328+456
331= 328+669	332= 328+759	333= 328+949	334= 102+102	335= 563+668	336= 563+949 +668	337 v. of 338?	338= 326+gunu	339	340 v. of 338
341= 339+684	342= 339+949	343= 339+717(?)	344	345= 344+561	346= 344+561 +gunu	347	348 v. of 379?	349= 347+010	350= 347+012
351= 347+014	352= 347+101 +101	353= 347+116	354= 347+118b	355= 347+131	356= 347+133	357 v. of 356	358= 347+155	359= 347+381	360= 347+235
361= 347+436	362= 347+339	363= 347+561+ 191	364= 347+563	365= 347+593 +001	366= 347+580a	367= 347+669 +669	368= 347+669 +949+014	369= 347+715	370= 347+750
371= 347+772	372= 347+822	373= 347+823	374= 347+889 +603	375= 347+834	376= 347+961	377= 347+?	378= 347+?	379	380
381= 380+669	382= 380+893d +014	383= 347+560	384= 347+622	385= 347+636	386= 347+640	387= 347+? or v. of 386	388= 347+893b	389= 347+750	390= 347+812
391	392= 347+832 +603	393= 347+834	394= 222+961	395= 347+968	396= 347+972c	397	398= 410+324	399	400= 399+133

401= 399+593	402= 399+?	403= 399+684	404= 399+949 +961	405= 399+970	406= 399+?	407	408= 399+?	409= 399+935	410
411	412= 411+411	413= 411+893b	414= 411+919 +893b	415	416	417= 416+893b	418= 416+?	419= 561+816	420= 419+668
421= 419+715	422= 419+114	423= 419+?	424	425= 424+104	426= 424+770	427= 424+949	428= 424+169a	429	430= 429+013
431	432= 431+648	433= 431+927(?)	434= 431+949	435= 431+970	436	437= 436+003	438= 436+010	439= 436+012	440= 436+651
441= 436+648	442= 436+688	443= 436+798	444= 436+419	445= 436+919	446= 436+927	447= 436+949	448= 436+970	449= 436+561	450= 449+104
451= 431+646	452= 561+561	453= 456+684	454	455= 454+561(?)	456	457= 454+gunu or 456+gunu	458	459= 458+001	460= 458+002 +096
461= 458+011 +08	462= 458+014	463= 462+ 454+949	464= 458+?	465= 458+669+100	466= 458+104	467= 458+112	468= 458+131	469= 458+133	470= 458+141
471= 458+155	472= 458+161	473= 458+170b	474	475= 474+700	476 v. of 474	477= 458+239	478= 458+240 +648	479= 458+240 +324	480= 458+281
481= 458+322	482= 458+324	483= 458+122 +324	484= 458+326 +700	485= 458+339	486= 458+339 +131	487= 458+410 +122+001	488= 458+436	489= 458+454	490= 458+560
491= 458+579 +832	492= 458+580d	493= 458+594	494= 458+596	495= 458+599 +339	496= 458+603	497= 458+605	498= 458+636	499= 458+640	500= 458+646 +609

501= 458+648	502= 458+100(?)	503= 458+669	504= 458+669 +273	505= 458+678	506= 458+700	507= 458+715 +100	508= 458+750	509= 458+?	510= 458+759
511= 458+770	512= 458+780	513= 458+780 +668	514 error	515= 458+807	516 v. of 515	517= 458+819 +014	518= 458+889 +161	519= 458+919	520= 458+932 +096
521 error	522= 458+949 +629+961	523= 458+949 +798	524= 458+961	525= 458+961 +961	526= 458+961 +894+893a	527= 458+970	528= 458+970 +339	529= 458+599 +339	530= 458+?
531= 458+?	532= 458+?	533= 458+?	534	535= 534+?	536= 534+759 +750	537= 534+759 +750+011	538= 534+759 +750+096	539= 534+759 +750+101 +101	540= 534+759 +750+104
541= 534+759 +750+131	542= 534+759 +750+188	543= 534+759 +750+339	544= 534+759 +750+424	545= 534+759 +750+431	546= 534+759 +750+563	547= 534+759 +750+593 +011	548= 534+759 +750+594	549= 534+759 +750+?	550= 534+759 +750+649
551= 534+759 +750+894 +120	552 = 534+759 +750+?	553= 534+759 +750+?	554= 534+759 +750+949 +118b	555= 534+759 +750+635	556= 534+759 +750+961	557 error	558= 534+759 +750+454	559= 534+759 +750+?	560
561	562 v. of 561	563	564	565= 564+104	566= 564+424	567= 564+561	568= 564+785	569= 564+812	570= 564+826
571= 564+961	572	573 ab	574	575	576	577 v. of 576?	578= 599+ 133	579	580 abcd
581= 580c+101 +101+642	582= 580c+233	583= 580c+456	584= 580c+580b	585= 580c+594	586= 580a+622 +812	587= 580c+684	588= 580c+715	589= 580a+721	590= 580a+889
591= 580a+834	592= 580c+949	593	594	595= 594+968 194	596	597	598= 597+112	599	600= 599+101

601= 599+668	602= 599+715	603	604= 1+1 +1	605	606= 605+605	607 v. of 172	608 v. of 172	609= 894+188(?)	610= 194+gunu
611	612= 611+1	613= 611+002	614= 611+101 +101	615= 611+104	616= 611+631	617= 611+112	618= 611+170b	619= 611+?	620= 611+gunu
621= 611+gunu +112 v. of 617(?)	622	623= 622+812	624= 622+892	625	626 v. of 315	627	628= 629+669	629	630= 629+104
631	632	633 error	634 v. of 632	635	636	637= 636+750	638= 636+750 +750	639	640
641	642	643	644 a b	645= 644+324	646	647	648	649	650
651	652= 651+gunu	653= 651+593	654	655= 594+968	656= 594+968 +122	657	658	659 v. of 660?	660
661 a=893b+700 b=646+646	662	663	664	665	666	667	668	669	670= 669+101 +949+114
671= 2x 669+147 / 104 +970	672= 2x 669+215 +970	673= 669+315	674= 669+636	675	676= 122+669	677= 675+gunu	678 v. of 677	679= 669+603	680
681	682	683	684	685= 684+133	686= 684+222	687= 684+770	688	689	690= 689+339
error	692= 689+770	693= 689+820	694= 689+908	695= 689+919	696= 689+927	697= 689+949	698	699= 684+927	700

701	702	703= 702+096	704= 702+103	705= 702+169b	706= 702+101 +101+642	707= 702+104	708= 702+431	709= 702+593 +005	710= 702+?
711= 702+798	712 error	713= 702+?	714	715	716 v. of 717	717	718	719 error	720 error
721	722	723	724	725	726 = 725+119	727 = 725+169a	728 = 725+3x 669	729 = 725+715	730 = 725+798
731 v. of 725	732 = 715+949	733	734	735	736 = 715+112	737 = 715+147	738 = 715+315	739 = 715+640 +831	740= 715+750
741 v. of 740 or 742	742= 715+822	743= 715+823	744= 715+824	745= 715+826	746= 715+831	747= 715+900	748= 715+919	749= 715+927	750
751= 750+015	752= 750+095	753= 750+092	754= 750+?	755= 750+155	756= 750+187	757= 750+191	758= 750+194	759	760 =789+949 +798
761= 789+894 +798	762= 759+104	763= 759+170b	764 = 759+649	765	766	767= 759+889 +161	768= 759+894	769= 759+949	770
771= 750+271	772	773	774	775 v. of 734 or 736	776	777	778	779= 778+970	780
781= 780+668	782	783= 782+669	784	785	786	787	788= 750+594	789	790= 789+834
791	792= 770+701	793= 770+957	794= 770+?	795= 750 +684	796= 750 +684 +599	797= 750 +789	798	799= 798+111	800= 798+132

801= 798+239	802= 798+646	803= 798+684	804= 798+700	805= 798+893c and 798+894	806= 798+945	807	808	809= 808+gunu?	810= 808+669
811= =808+919	812	813= 812+750	814= 812+684	815 v. of 812?	816	817	818	819	820
821= 750+270	822= 750+750	823= 750+750 +750	824 =750+750 +750+750	825 v. of 824	826= 5x 750	827= 6x 750	828=7x 750	829=8x 750	830=9x 750
831	832	833= 832+832	834	835= 834+002	836= 834+002 +006	837= 834+170a	838= 834+104	839	840= 834+116
841= 834+116 +715+949	842= 834+191	843= 834+188	844= 834+104	845= 834+161	846= 834+322	847= 846+669	848= 834+563	849= 834+563 +563	850= 849+915
851= 834+339	852= 834+431	853= 834+458 +561	854= 834+564	855= 834+593 +001	856= 834+648	857= 834+627	858= 834+657	859= 834+651	860= 834+681
861 error	862= 834+700	863= 834+678	864= 834+?	865= 834+717	866= 834+721	867	868= 867+949	869 v. of 868	870= 834+812 or 868+893a
871= 834+823 or 834+822	872= 834+889	873= 834+161	874= 834+894	875= 834+900	876= 834+908	877= 834+908 +908	878= 834+949	879= 834+949 +013	880= 878+?
881= 878+629 +961	882= 878+832	883= 878+970	884= 834+961	885= 834+970	886= 834+834	887= 834+834 +834+834	888	889	890
891	892	893 abcde	894	895	896 = 894+915	897 = 894+?	898 = 894+?	899 error	900

901= 893b+gunu	902= 901+001	903	904= 903+?	905= 901+627 +001 +133	906= =901+725	907= 901+780	908	909= 908+014	910 = 908+014 +599
911= 909+812	912 = 908+228	913 = 908+636	914 = 908+645	915	916	917 = 908+339	918 = 908+823	919	920= 919+636
921= 919+893b	922= 919+561	923= 919+668	924	925	926	927	928 = 919+?	929 = 919+889 (+014)	930= 919+120
931 = 919+945	932= 919+188	933= 932+101 +101	934= 919+?	935	936= 2x 935+908	937	938= 2x 937+908	939= 924+924 crossed	940= 924+924
941= 750+831	942= 750+831 831	943	944	945	946= 941+429	947= 942+429	948= 943+429	949	950= 949+194
951= 949+112	952= 949+798	953= 949+809	954= 949+949	955= 949+961	956 v. of 833	957	958	959 v. of 955	960
961	962	963= 961+561	964= 957+772	965	966	967	968	969	970
971= 970+gunu	972 abcdef

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.

SumerianArchaicSigns.htm

			004 v. of 3			007
					016	017	018	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		063	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	110
		113
		123		125			128
	132			135	136	137	138	139	140
	142	143	144	145			148	149	150
151	152	153			156	157	158		160
	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?	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	362	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	506	507	508	509	510
511	512	513	514 error	515	516 v. of 515	517	518	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
631		633 error	634 v. of 632			637	638
				645
	652	653	654	655	656			659 v. of 660?
661	662	663		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	719 error	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	883	884	885		887	888
891				895	896	897	898	899 error

	902		904		906	907			910
911	912	913	914		916	917	918
					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						969
971

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-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).