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Translingual
| π
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Sign Number
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| MZL
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712
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| Deimel
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473
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| HZL
|
β
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| Components
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| π
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Usage notes
Used here on Wiktionary to indicate the Ε‘eΕ‘ig (βaddition of πΊ (Ε‘e)β) as a component in the Cuneiform sign section of translingual cuneiform entries.
References
- R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), MΓΌnster (2003)
- A. Deimel, Ε umerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
- Chr. RΓΌster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)
Sumerian
Etymology
Almost certainly an multiplicative compound of π (niΕ‘, βtwentyβ) + π« (min, βtwoβ), i.e. 20Γ2.
Numeral
π β’ (nimin)
- forty, 40
References
- Jagersma, Bram (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian (doctoral thesis), page 244
- βπ (nimin)β in ePSD2
