The cuneiform mi, (also mé) sign is a distinctive sign in the wedge-stroke group, and is used as a syllabic for mi, me, and an alphabetic for m, i, or e; it is also a Sumerogram (capital letter ( majuscule)) for MI, used for Akkadian language, "mūšu", [2] night. MI, in the Epic of Gilgamesh, is used in (Chapters) Tablets I, II, III, and XII as either MI, or MI. MEŠ, a total of six times; other spellings of mūšu in other sections are alphabetic/syllabic, four times. [3]
The sign can be found in the
Epic of Gilgamesh and the mid-14th century BC
Amarna letters. The signs usage in the Epic is as follows: mé-(1 time), mi-(126), MI-(9).
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Partial list of signs beginning with (wedge)-u, from the Epic of Gilgamesh (Parpola, 1971), and the Amarna letters:
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The cuneiform mi, (also mé) sign is a distinctive sign in the wedge-stroke group, and is used as a syllabic for mi, me, and an alphabetic for m, i, or e; it is also a Sumerogram (capital letter ( majuscule)) for MI, used for Akkadian language, "mūšu", [2] night. MI, in the Epic of Gilgamesh, is used in (Chapters) Tablets I, II, III, and XII as either MI, or MI. MEŠ, a total of six times; other spellings of mūšu in other sections are alphabetic/syllabic, four times. [3]
The sign can be found in the
Epic of Gilgamesh and the mid-14th century BC
Amarna letters. The signs usage in the Epic is as follows: mé-(1 time), mi-(126), MI-(9).
[4]
Partial list of signs beginning with (wedge)-u, from the Epic of Gilgamesh (Parpola, 1971), and the Amarna letters:
Also:
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