Cuneiform Signs (Caplice, Lessons 1-5)

an; AN = Anum 'the god Anum'; AN = šamû 'sky'; DINGIR = ilum 'god'

na

um

i

É = bītum 'house' (E.GAL = ekallum 'palace')

ra

gal; GAL = rabûm (

bu, pu; GÍD(.DA) = arkum 'long'

meš; MEŠ (sign of plurality)

a;

A(.MEŠ) = mû 'water'

ÌR = wardum 'slave, servant'

ti, ṭì; TI = balāṭum 'to live'; also 'life'

ia, ie, ii, iu (ya, yu, yi, ya)

(tur); TUR = ṣeḫrum 'small'; DUMU = mārum 'son'

ad, at, aṭ; AD = abum 'father'

ga, qá; GA = šizbum 'milk'

id, ed, it, et, iṭ, eṭ; Á = idum 'arm, side'

wa, we, wi, wu; pi, pe; GEŠTU = uznum 'ear'

ši, lim; IGI = īnum 'eye'; IGI = pānum 'front', pl. 'face'; LIM = līmum 'thousand'

lum (lu₄)

ba

zu, sú, ṣú

ig, eg, ik, ek, iq, eq

am

iz, ez, is, es, iṣ, eṣ; GIŠ = iṣum 'tree, wood'; also det. of names of trees or implements made of wood.

šu; ŠU = qātum 'hand'

ud, ut, uṭ, tam, pir;

U₄ = ūmum 'day';

^dUTU = Šamaš (sun-god);

BABBAR = peṣûm 'white'

im, em; det. + IŠKUR = det. + Adad (storm-god); IM = šārum 'wind'

KÙ = ellum 'pure, holy'; [KÙ.BABBAR = kaspum 'silver']; GUŠKIN (written KÙ.GI) = ḫurāṣum 'gold'

za, sà, ṣa

nu; NU = ul, lā 'not'

ri, re, tal

al

da, ṭa

ma

ša

mi, mé; GE₆ = mūšum 'night'; GE₆ = ṣalmum 'black'

di, de, ṭi, ṭe; SILIM = šulmum 'health'

ki, ke, qí, qé; KI = erṣetum 'earth'; KI = ašrum 'place' (also as determinative X+ki)

ku, qú;

ka; KA = pûm 'mouth,' DUG₄ = qabûm 'to say,' INIM = awātum 'word, affair'

la

li, le

ru, (šub)

ab, ap

ta, ṭá; TA = ištu 'from'

ú, šam; Ú = šammum 'plant' (det. of herbs, plants, and medicine), KÙŠ = ammatum 'cubit'

lu; UDU = immerum 'sheep,' DAB = ṣabātum 'to seize'