The
cuneiform sa sign is a less common-use sign of the
Epic of Gilgamesh, the 1350 BC
Amarna letters, and other
cuneiform texts. It also has a
sumerogrammic usage for SA in the Epic of Gilgamesh. The structure of the
cuneiform sign is similar to,
Ir (cuneiform),
.
The "sa" sign has the syllabic usage for sa, and a Sumerogram usage for SA.
SA in the Epic of Gilgamesh is a logogram for Akkadian "Šer'ānu", translated as: "muscle, sinew". [1]
The sa sign usage in the Epic of Gilgamesh is as follows: sa-(89 times); and SA-(2). [2]
- ^ Parpola, 1971. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Glossary, pp. 119-145, Šer'ānu, p. 142.
- ^ Parpola, 1971. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Sign List, pp. 155-165, no. 104, p. 157, "sa".
- Moran, William L. 1987, 1992. The Amarna Letters. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. 393 pages.(softcover, ISBN 0-8018-6715-0)
- Parpola, 1971. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Parpola, Simo, Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, c 1997, Tablet I thru Tablet XII, Index of Names, Sign List, and Glossary-(pp. 119–145), 165 pages.
The
cuneiform sa sign is a less common-use sign of the
Epic of Gilgamesh, the 1350 BC
Amarna letters, and other
cuneiform texts. It also has a
sumerogrammic usage for SA in the Epic of Gilgamesh. The structure of the
cuneiform sign is similar to,
Ir (cuneiform),
.
The "sa" sign has the syllabic usage for sa, and a Sumerogram usage for SA.
SA in the Epic of Gilgamesh is a logogram for Akkadian "Šer'ānu", translated as: "muscle, sinew". [1]
The sa sign usage in the Epic of Gilgamesh is as follows: sa-(89 times); and SA-(2). [2]
- ^ Parpola, 1971. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Glossary, pp. 119-145, Šer'ānu, p. 142.
- ^ Parpola, 1971. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Sign List, pp. 155-165, no. 104, p. 157, "sa".
- Moran, William L. 1987, 1992. The Amarna Letters. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. 393 pages.(softcover, ISBN 0-8018-6715-0)
- Parpola, 1971. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Parpola, Simo, Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, c 1997, Tablet I thru Tablet XII, Index of Names, Sign List, and Glossary-(pp. 119–145), 165 pages.